Macro Concerns Conventional Reference Lists Are the Wrong Long-Term Solution Unlike ideas, which need to be explicitly cited, software dependencies are naturally made explicit in the code. Thus, there is no need for conventional reference lists (~ a bad database). ... Read More »  ( 6 min )

I recently asked on Twitter: When a problem is serious, and "something must be done", why do folks so often assume that it must be governments who do it? (more) Many of my 113 gave a similar answer. A sample:

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My brain tried hard to convince me *not* to do it… and almost won. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )

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In reply to Mark. Right again (now fixed) --- I don't think I had that in my to-do list for some reason. (I feel a little guilty about using the word "homology" but because my indices as "rising" (superscripts) I could/should call it "cohomology". But it sounds like people aren't getting confused, so long as I don't get things like this^^^ wrong.  ( 11 min )

p. 53 Section 1.6.7 indices are still backwards for the definition of chain homotopy (should be C^{i+1} -> D^i).  ( 11 min )

In reply to Mark. That was fast! But now fixed!  ( 11 min )

p. 16 Section 0.2, first paragraph, last sentence, typo: "firt quarter".  ( 11 min )

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In reply to Johann Birnick. Thanks! I didn't even notice that I never spelled this out. I've now added an exercise as you suggested, in the version I just posted a couple of minutes ago. If that's not the right wording, of course, let me know.  ( 24 min )

This past week I was fortunate to attend , the most recent in an every-few-years series that brings together a group of researchers interested in electronic transport in molecular systems.  This brings together physicists and chemists, and this was the first one I've attended since .this meetingthis one in 2015 The evolution of the field over the years has been very interesting.  Generally gone are the discussions of using actual chemically synthesized molecules as electronic devices in eventual ultrascaled computing applications.  Rather, there is a broad recognition that these systems are important testbeds for our understanding of physics that can have broad ramifications for understanding chemical processes (e.g. quantum interference in molecules leading to sharply energy dependent ele…  ( 11 min )

1. Janan Ganesh on the Americanisation of Britain (FT). 2. “You Hurt My Feelings” is a good Hansonian movie about how most people are mediocre at their jobs, and how society deals with that fact, and what happens when those protective mechanisms break down.  The starring role of Julia Louise-Dreyfus also makes for good meta-commentary […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments 3. This is a pretty good piece. Drilling to 20,000 is pretty ... by Engineer In reply to George Orwell. And why is “scraping” such a ... by Aladdin In reply to Aladdin. If you can find a way to make content ... by George Orwell In reply to Jess Riedel. Foreign students in Australia are ... by james Ukraine is the aggressor and bitcoin smokes. Come hang with us ... by Bland paranoid white guy who looks up to David Sacks Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

Whitebeard has a bad habit of talking in circles. That is by design. Whitebeard is a digital contraption that only sounds human. He is the creation of Roger Anderson, a real-life 54-year-old in Monrovia, Calif., who employs chatbots and AI to frustrate and waste the time of telemarketers and scammers. “I’m talking about only your credit […] The post People Hire Phone Bots to Torture Telemarketers appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ben Shot. I get what you’re saying but my state ... by Anon In reply to Mike W. California accounts for 20% of US GDP. ... by Ben Shot In reply to Rahul. taped by Biden by Or, MR comments In reply to Andy. Rahul is Indian. But gratuitously ... by Ben Shot In reply to Susanna. Susanna appears to be the only female ... by Ben Shot Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman *Nature* on AGI risk What should I ask Paul Graham?  ( 6 min )

Here is Noahpinion on Canada’s recent immigration policies and how Canada is poaching US talent! [I]n recent years, the Canadian government has begun to set hard targets for immigration, such as last year’s target of 1.5 million more by 2025. And the country is deliberately encouraging more people to come, with one of the world’s most aggressive […] The post Canada is Poaching US Talent! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to aaron. “what evidence do you have that the ... by Blue Jay And yet 2/3 of the Waterloo graduating class moves (many whom ... by Toronnonian Yet…our productivity continues to decline at a fairly rapid ... by Mark Grant In reply to Fazal Majid. “I’d say the rioting and ... by Marian Kechlibar In reply to sxb. The graphs also shows Us population falls ... by Joan Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman +1 For the Veil of Ignorance The Harried Leisure Class  ( 7 min )

The key here is the subtitle The Making of the Chicago Monetary Tradition, 1927-1960.  Have you wondered about the oft-underrated macroeconomics of Frank Knight, Jacob Viner, Lloyd Mints, Paul Douglas, Clark Warburton, and many more?  By no means did monetarism start with Milton Friedman, and this is the new go-to book on the topic. The post *The Monetarists*, by George S. Tavlas appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments “By no means did monetarism start with Milton Friedman, and ... by Robert To what did Friedman attribute the Great Depression? The ... by rayward *The Monetarists*, ... by EMP Very valuable books. by Chimela Caesar It’s too late. She’s moved on. by Powerlessness Plus 3 more... Related Stories My Conversation with Noam Chomsky *The Ruble: A Political History* The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019  ( 6 min )

That is the new, highly useful, and thorough book by Ekaterina Pravilova, here is one excerpt: Reutern was adamant about exterminating private currencies, but not everyone in the government shared his view.  The minister of justice, Konstantin Pahlen, argued, for instance, that the right to issue private notes should be granted “to all Russian subjects.”  […] The post *The Ruble: A Political History* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to rayward. I know, this blog post is about the ... by rayward The U.S. had its Free Banking Era, from 1837 to 1864, when ... by rayward In reply to G. Thiagos are legion at MR, with almost as many ... by As a Thiago, I resent that In reply to Ben Shot. He religiously deletes your posts, ... by G On the whole that list of requirements such as “exchange ... by mkt42 Tyler should set up an Amazon affiliate account, and append his ... by Ben Shot Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 My Conversation with Noam Chomsky Game theory and the First World War  ( 7 min )

A new version of the notes is available here. (It, and all older versions, are available at the usual place.) For the first time, I would say that the content and editing is “potentially done”. All content is potentially polished. (Not done: beautification issues e.g. fighting with latex over line breaks. And the index is […]  ( 11 min )

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With eleven films under his belt, Wes Anderson has carved a niche of his own and developed one of the most stylistically distinct authorial stamps in world cinema. Symmetrical compositions, immaculate production design, elaborate sets, and dysfunctional families are only some of the usual hallmarks that run through his personal film catalog. Because of his […]  ( 8 min )

Kevin Lewis points us to this recent paper, “Can invasive species lead to sedentary behavior? The time use and obesity impacts of a forest-attacking pest,” published in Elsevier’s Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, which has the following abstract: Invasive … Continue reading →  ( 23 min )

This is part of a long series of Language Log posts in which we pondered the phenomenal memorization skills of persons of Indian heritage (see "Selected readings" below). So you know what's happening in the following astonishing video, let me begin by giving a basic definition, etymology, and explication of what happens in this intricate […]  ( 9 min )

Crater mystery explained; Bunsen’s burner

Letters to the editors for the March 2023 issue of Scientific American

Zero-knowledge proofs allow mathematicians to prove claims without explaining why they’re true

Clear-air turbulence is becoming more frequent and more intense as the atmosphere warms

Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to more than 300. There are now 41,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNote, LibKey, Papers, and Zotero. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains 200 titles. And have you … Continue reading Weekend reads: A professor who plagiarized his students; how many postgrads in China think it’s OK to fake data; fighting fraud  ( 8 min )

Embark on a heartfelt culinary journey with Chef John Fleer at his restaurant Rhubarb, where Appalachian cuisine and the Asheville community come together. Rhubarb’s commitment to authenticity in every dish is reflected in its support of local initiatives, including partnering with local farmers from Gaining Ground and engaging in sustainable chicken sourcing with Old North Acres. As one of its founders and current board members, Chef John’s passion is further reflected in his work with the non-profit Equal Plates Project, which is dedicated to creating equitable access to fresh, locally-grown, nutritious meals. Watch the full story below.  ( 15 min )

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This report might have much less information next year: Much of the data reported by the state may not be collected and released publicly because the Legislature repealed parts of the state law requiring it.  ( 19 min )

No. Although his term is not complete, train derailments have not become more frequent since President Biden took office in January 2021.  ( 6 min )

We want to say a huge thank you to the donors who increased or started their sustaining membership during this drive, and also to those who made one-time donations!  ( 6 min )

According to the Center for Migration Studies of New York, “Roughly 218,000 U.S. residents are potentially stateless or at risk of statelessness.”  ( 15 min )

Plus: custody over Madeline Kingsbury's children determined; Medicaid deadline extended for Minnesotans; teens up North struggle to find mental health care; and more.  ( 6 min )

Court says the HEROES Act does not authorize the Biden Administration’s debt forgiveness plan.  ( 13 min )

It was the Catholic Centre Party that in March 1933 provided the biggest chunk of non-Nazi votes when the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act that gave Hitler unrestrained power.  ( 17 min )

If KAT and Gobert again don’t mesh, their combined salaries of $94 million in 2023-24 and $101 million in 2025-26, will be a bloated inefficiency at precisely the time new contracts for Ant and McDaniels propel the franchise toward that dreaded “second apron.”  ( 26 min )

Little is known about the condition of an underground cutoff wall the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed in 1876 that is keeping St. Anthony Falls in place.  ( 33 min )

For small businesses, Target collaborations represented not only a major accomplishment, but a huge financial win. But what happens when they’re removed from shelves?  ( 24 min )

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Tennessee may be largely whiskey territory, but in recent years, a small number of local producers have been concentrating on a far more ancient elixir: mead. In 2019, Ross Welbon, a beer brewer and beekeeper, and Dru Sousan, a bartender with a long history in the local restaurant scene, opened up Nashville’s first meadery. All of the meads here come from Honeytree Meadery’s own apiary, which is spread across two locations holding more than 30 bee colonies. Each glass contains notes of the honey used to produce it—from a milder wildflower to fragrant orange blossom—while some contain custom infusions of aromatics such as fresh ginger or pineapple and sage. Welbon, ever the IPA-enthusiast, adds his own flair with a dry-hopped variation. As a bonus, the meadery has one of the best backyard patios in town, complete with a roaring fire and beeswax artworks by Randy Purcell. It’s the perfect spot to kick back with an order of tacos from Alebrije, the truck perpetually parked outside. Named for a Mexican cryptid, the business is the creation of chef Edgar Victoria, who hails from Mexico City. Victoria sources masa from small-scale producers for his tlayudas, huaraches, and tortillas. Check their Instagram to keep an eye out for specials, like tamales made with blue conico corn masa.  ( 13 min )

Katherine Moore spends her days surrounded by bones. On the lower floor of the Penn Museum, down an elevator beside the café and through two locked doors, her lab’s shelves are stacked with the skeletal remains of everything from llamas and cattle to pigs, fish, and guinea pigs. This isn’t just any cabinet of curiosities: It’s the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM), and its osteological library is a key tool in Moore’s mission to unpack our historical eating habits. “Look at that rough break,” she says, holding up a cow’s tibia from the 18th century. “That shows that this animal has been butchered and prepared for meat in a very informal, non-market-based way.” She notes that bones from later centuries often sport cleaner cuts, showing that the meat was sawn car…  ( 21 min )

Every week, Thursday through Sunday, Vivek Surti throws the best dinner party in Nashville. There’s a comfortable rhythm to the evening: guests stagger in roughly an hour before service to sip bourbon-spiked Fruit Tea Punch in a chandelier- and velvet-bedecked parlor.  Gradually, everyone takes their seats in the main dining room, where Surti holds court over an open kitchen. Over the next couple of hours, a procession of eight to 10 dishes emerge, each accompanied by a short introductory story by Surti. As guests nibble on, say, a dish of chevdo, a chaat-like snack mixture with peanuts and roasted chickpeas, he’ll explain how his mother used to pack bags of the stuff for family road trips.  “I really started it off for friends—the goal was never to make it into a restaurant,” Surti sa…  ( 14 min )

Situated a safe distance from the freewheeling mania of Broadway, Nashville’s honky tonk ground zero, Santa’s Pub is blissfully free from bachelorettes and bullshit. The owner, nicknamed “Santa” for his Kris Kringle-worthy beard, is something of an icon around these parts.  Gussied up with Christmas lights, North Pole-centric paraphernalia, and a decade’s worth of Sharpie bathroom stall graffiti, this converted double-wide trailer is a dive bar stripped down to its essence. Don’t even think about asking for a cocktail—the bartenders stick to dirt-cheap beers, which suits everyone just fine. You’re not here for fussy drinks; you’re here for the vibes.  Santa’s Pub is the type of watering hole where just about everyone is a regular—and those that aren’t will feel like it after an hour or two. The crowd is a mix of crusty old-timers, twentysomethings downing PBRs, and warmly welcomed travelers.  On any given night, half the room is probably in a band—a fact that comes in handy when it’s karaoke time. Expect to hear some killer country music covers, all without paying a cover charge. If you plan on taking your turn at the mic, know that Santa takes the stage rules seriously: “No Beer, No Cussin', and No Cigarettes on Santa's stage!” Sing a song that’s too vulgar and expect to be booted off.  ( 13 min )

Perched at what feels like the gateway to East Nashville, this diminutive house of pain provides hot chicken–seekers with a spice challenge they won't soon forget. The interior is simple, with nostalgic flare and additional seating out back. The menu is equally spartan, sticking to a succinct list of bone-in poultry parts, along with both catfish and whiting filets, all flawlessly seasoned and fried to an audible crunch.  While Nashville has no shortage of restaurants serving excellent renditions of its famous chicken, Bolton's has a particularly storied legacy. Bolton Matthews, who co-founded the restaurant with his wife Dolly in 1997, was the nephew of hot chicken legend Bolton Polk, who worked his way up through the kitchens at Prince's Hot Chicken Shack. Before he passed away, Polk left his secret recipe to Matthews. In an oral history interview with Southern Foodways Alliance, Dolly said of customers demanding their chicken, “They were banging on the door... Says it gives them a rush. They can breathe better. They can function better at work because they’re more alert.”  It’s easy to see how one bite will wake you up. A word to the wise: imagine spice levels here running large. As in, mild is really medium—so on and so forth. Don't try to be a hero when you order or you'll end up crying in front of every diner in the restaurant.  ( 13 min )

The first Anglican church in (then) Bombay, the St Thomas Cathedral is the historic center of Mumbai. While it was built in December 1718, it was finally consecrated as a cathedral only in 1837. The St Thomas Cathedral is recognized as the "Zero Point" of the city of Bombay, as distances along all major roads were measured from here. Of the original 16 markers, 11 are still found in their original location (though broken or dilapidated), and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) restored all 16 in 2022. One of the city's major railways and the headquarters of the Western Railways of India, the Churchgate railway station was named after the old gate, which directly led to the St Thomas Cathedral. Demolished in 1860, the gate was one of three that fortified the city of Bombay. It wasn't until a decade later in 1870 that Churchgate was declared a station. The church is dotted with epitaphs for martyred soldiers and a prominent memorial for the first Bishop of Bombay, the Right Reverend Thomas Carr, and is populated with multiple stained glass windows designed by Victorian artists from England.  ( 13 min )

Next to Ulaanbaatar’s prominent Wrestling Palace are two small aquamarine-colored buildings. These are both over a hundred years old and are two of the city’s oldest remaining buildings. One is a Korean restaurant and the other is the Ulaanbaatar City Museum.  This small but charming museum showcases Ulaanbaatar’s history from a nomadic encampment to a modern metropolis. Previously known as Urga and Ikh Khuree, the communist-led government gave the name Ulaanbaatar, or “red hero,” to honor Mongolian revolutionary leader Sukhbaatar.  Exhibits include historic maps, paintings, artwork, and photos depicting Ulaanbaatar’s history from the past to the present. There are even Lego replicas of city landmarks. Toward the exit is a life-sized cardboard cutout of Öndör Gongor, the famous two-meter-tall giant.  ( 12 min )

Take look at a map of Turkey and you’ll have to agree: It’s a curiously box-shaped country. "Why?" is the wrong question. Like most international borders, Turkey’s are the result of geopolitical accident, not of aesthetic or geometric design. A more pertinent query: How rectangular is Turkey? Is it, perhaps, the most rectangular country in the world? To answer that question, you’d have to find a dataset that minutely describes the borders of all countries on Earth and devise an algorithm that compares each country’s shape to an optimum rectangle with the same area. That’s exactly what Australian geo-statistician David Barry did. His conclusion: Turkey is only the 15th most rectangular country in the world. The winner: Egypt. Inevitably, one esoteric geographical question led to its…  ( 19 min )

There's as little agreement about World UFO Day as there is about the alien lifeforms that may (or may not) pilot them. Some look to the stars on June 24, the day in 1947 when a pilot claimed to see "flying saucers" over Mount Rainier, while others await first contact on July 2, the day that same year when something crashed in the New Mexico desert near Roswell. But for those who believe the truth is out there, the goal is the same: to raise awareness that humans may not be alone in the universe. To mark World UFO Day 2023, we explored the Atlas Obscura archive for stories of science, mystery, and why we are obsessed with the unexplained. Victorians Wanted to Contact Aliens Using Giant Mirrors by Sarah Laskow German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss was one of many 19th-century scie…  ( 18 min )

No blogging here the past few weeks, partly because I was away on vacation for a little while, but more because there hasn’t been anything I’ve seen worth writing about. Yesterday’s pulsar timing array and IceCube announcements unfortunately didn’t tell … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )

[This is a guest post by Stewart Nicol] Greek particles I am a zoologist and comparative physiologist who has worked extensively on the monotremes, the platypus and the echidna. I have been putting together some notes on the naming of the these animals. After originally being placed in the genus Myrmecophaga with the other, totally unrelated, […]  ( 8 min )

The census will request information on each horse’s equine identification document (passport) number, microchip number, age, current residence, second career, and more to provide a robust view of the 2023 British retired racehorse population. The six-month census has been launched in partnership with Retraining of Racehorses (RoR), British Racing’s official aftercare charity, funded by the […] The post Privacy-invading horse nationalism (ask and ye shall receive) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ben Shot. I'm searching for this commercial ... by the king of texas In reply to ged. Walk into FRance and leave it a smoking dump ... by ged In reply to ged. What have you learned besides victimhood? Do ... by ged sorry 4 b n so crass, but risk your life leaving a shthole to ... by ged In reply to the king of texas. AI blab by ged Plus 10 more... Related Stories GRE scores by university major Long-term relatedness and income distribution Vaccination sentences to ponder  ( 6 min )

1. The history of Japanese stock prices. 2. The new NEOM exhibit. 3. Who are the top 15 liberal economists of France, 1695–1776? 4. New Netflix trailer, “They Cloned Tyrone.” 5. Young people are leaving big U.S. cities. 6. The accelerationists were always going to win. 7. Coleman Hughes piece.  Note #9  And Kevin Bryan.  […] The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Drunkin On A Sinday. Indeed many people ... by Eugene In reply to dan1111. I hope it comes out in 20 years that ... by Etalon d’Silomar In reply to Justin Chang. More and more, I think the American ... by Harun In reply to Justin Chang. It's not necessarily racist. It is ... by Wondering In reply to RAD. Been using it with Whatsapp and having a ... by I like PI Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

Since 1965, the U.S. has maintained a list, known as Schedule A, of occupations experiencing shortages. Employers recruiting foreign workers in these occupations are eligible to receive streamlined authorization from the federal government….because the federal government already recognizes that workers in Schedule A occupations are in short supply, employers do not need to prove it […] The post Update Schedule A! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Or we could give green cards to anyone in Taiwan who wants to ... by 999 In reply to Formerly K. > status quo bias Lol. It’s ... by Oldcurmudgeon In reply to Hazel Meade. Or, it could be that the number of ... by Hazel Meade In reply to OldCurmudgeon. “a just society would use some ... by Formerly K In reply to OldCurmudgeon. >deontological approach to social ... by OldCurmudgeon Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman +1 For the Veil of Ignorance The Harried Leisure Class  ( 7 min )

Which university major is the smartest? A study of composite GRE scores by PhD program subject found that physicists were the smartest, followed by engineers and mathematicians. pic.twitter.com/pgtsmAPlfS — Joseph Bronski (@BronskiJoseph) June 29, 2023 Via Diana S. Fleischman.  If you click and read the entire tweet, you can see who comes in at the […] The post GRE scores by university major appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Scott. hilarious, yeah, I noticed that. My guess ... by blue jay In reply to educationrealist. I taught in programs several ... by blue jay In reply to Ben Shot. If you keep being this literal, then ... by Keith In reply to OldCurmudgeon. Teachers can get a master's in any ... by educationrealist In reply to Keith. I'm not an AI. Give me a number, I'll ... by Ben Shot Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman Long-term relatedness and income distribution Vaccination sentences to ponder  ( 6 min )

Of course, as a partial aid.  Instead we get this, as outlined to me by correspondent Raghuveer Parthasarathy: On the same day of your post on a Nature editorial on AI the NIH blogged about its new policy statement, “The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies is Prohibited for the NIH Peer Review Process“; its blog post […] The post Should the NIH allow AI for peer review? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Raghuveer Parthasarathy. it's probably not worth ... by RAD There *is* a confidentiality issue, unless the LLM system ... by Worley In reply to RAD. I think, then, that we fundamentally ... by Raghuveer Parthasarathy In reply to Raghuveer Parthasarathy. Your comment, like most ... by RAD In reply to Raghuveer Parthasarathy. They focused upon these ... by Reason Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )

Experts from MIT’s School of Engineering, Schwarzman College of Computing, and Sloan Executive Education educate national security leaders in AI fundamentals.  ( 9 min )

A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.  ( 10 min )

This is Jessica. A few years ago, Dimara and Stasko published a paper pointing to the lack of decision tasks in evaluation of visualization research, where it’s common to talk about decision-making, but then to ask simpler perceptual style questions … Continue reading →  ( 19 min )

Reading this story of Dianne Feinstein’s apparent dementia reminds me of when she was first running for the Senate, a few decades ago, and advertised herself as the only Democrat favoring both abortion and the death penalty. I understand the … Continue reading →  ( 17 min )

If you follow astronomers on twitter, you may have heard some rumblings. For the last week or so, a few big collaborations have been hyping up an announcement of “something big”. Those who knew who those collaborations were could guess the topic. Everyone else found out on Wednesday, when the alphabet soup of NANOGrav, EPTA, […]  ( 11 min )

Jon Bennett and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “Adjoint Brascamp-Lieb inequalities“. In this paper, we observe that the family of multilinear inequalities known as the Brascamp-Lieb inequalities (or Holder-Brascamp-Lieb inequalities) admit an adjoint formulation, and explore the theory of these adjoint inequalities and some of their consequences. To motivate matters let […]  ( 15 min )

Cultured meat, grown from real animal cells, will soon be available in restaurants in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Major climate models agree that the Inflation Reduction Act was a “huge step forward” in cutting U.S. emissions

The new leader of the CDC should prioritize the people it serves, people in the agency itself and people who exert power over public health

Manufacturers of a class of food-derived supplements called nutraceuticals often make statements about their health value that are hard to verify, which can cause safety and efficacy issues

Our planet’s not-quite-circular orbit means that on July 6 we’ll be about 2.5 million kilometers farther from the sun than average—but we won’t feel any colder

A new study suggests AI can analyze cardiac activity to predict whether a song will be a hit before it’s released. But some hit song scientists are skeptical

The Euclid mission will probe dark energy and dark matter like never before, setting the stage for an international, multiobservatory push to solve some of the universe’s deepest mysteries

I am so excited to announce that I have a new book (in collaboration with Packt) that has just been launched, written with my co-author, the wonderful Matt Jackson. This books takes you from a nascent understanding of graph data science methods to a more confident user, all in under 250 ... Continue reading: Graph Data Modeling with Python  ( 10 min )

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How to join this free online event with Beatriz Milz, Carolina Pradier and Victor Ordu. Continue reading: Mentoring & training program for Scientific Open Source Champions  ( 13 min )

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BMJ Open has retracted a paper describing a study in which people with diabetes will be switched from cigarettes to vaping after the journal learned – late in the process of publication – that the authors were indirectly funded by the tobacco company, Philip Morris International. The paper, “International randomised controlled trial evaluating metabolic syndrome … Continue reading BMJ journal retracts e-cigarette paper after authors disclose tobacco industry funding late in the process  ( 8 min )

Jon Bennett and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “Adjoint Brascamp-Lieb inequalities“. In this paper, we observe that the family of multilinear inequalities known as the Brascamp-Lieb inequalities (or Holder-Brascamp-Lieb inequalities) admit an adjoint formulation, and explore the theory of these adjoint inequalities and some of their consequences. To motivate matters let […]  ( 15 min )

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Besides attending a workshop on my research themes and meeting researchers from that field, a supplementary incentive for attending Stochastic Numerics and Statistical Learning was to catch a glimpse of Saudi Arabia and its idiosyncrasies.  While this is far from my first time visiting a Muslim theocracy, remembering a most enlightening (if penniless) backpacking trip […]  ( 7 min )

President Joe Biden has been using a CPAP machine to treat his sleep apnea, according to White House officials. What does that mean?

STEM professionals must stand against the white supremacy and scientific racism that fuels arguments against affirmative action

John O’Keefe shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 for discovering that neurons in the hippocampus encode an animal’s location and create a cognitive map for navigation. This podcast was produced for The Kavli Prize by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors.

Scientists hypothesize that coiled channels inside a cat’s nose may function like a gas chromatograph

The disk of our galaxy was long thought to produce these ghostly high-energy particles, but they haven’t been detected until now

Researchers say understanding differences in when menopause starts in racial and ethnic groups can help with screening and preventive care

Extreme rainfall is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere’s mountain ranges as global temperatures rise, raising the dangers of floods and landslides

Humans prey on more vertebrate species for use as pets and in medicine and other products than we do for food

Staged arguments with anti-vaccine cranks or other science deniers gets scientists nowhere. Trust me, I tried

Wildfires can have mental health impacts, both among those who are directly affected and those who find themselves under a blanket of smoke

Older people show significant cognitive benefits from learning, provided they have the opportunity to do so

Researchers, using the galaxy as a detector, believe they have detected gravitational waves from monster black holes for the first time.

Astrophysicists are tuning in to a never-before-seen type of gravitational waves spawned by pairs of supermassive black holes

The Wagon Pass has a rich history that dates back centuries, serving as a vital connection between regions and bearing witness to the struggles and perseverance of early travelers. Originally, the path was used by migratory elands, elephants, and the indigenous Khoi people, who called it T'kanna Ouwe or Gantouw. The English explorer, author, and artist Thomas Baines first traveled to South Africa in the 1840s. In one of his later accounts of traveling through the country, he described this pass. "At the first part of it, the road is not very steep," he wrote, "but as soon as the traveller enters the hollow way of the Roode Hoogte (the Red Heights) the difficulty of the ascent begins." He described the "barren, reddish, clayey, ferruginous earth" and the rocky mountain." Despite the diff…  ( 14 min )

Monte Sano (Spanish for “Mountain of Health”), is a tranquil mountain overlooking Huntsville, Alabama. In the late 1800s, the North Alabama Improvement Company built a 233-room health spa and hotel on the mountain. Not long after its opening, the Monte Sano Hotel became one of the top spas in the nation with registered guests including some famous names like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould. While operating it was known as the epitome of class and extravagance in Huntsville. It closed in 1900 but reopened in 1917 before closing once again and being torn down for salvage in 1944. All that remains of the hotel is the brick chimney with little to show of the extravagance of its heyday.  ( 12 min )

Driving down Nashville’s Nolensville Pike often feels like the equivalent of a global culinary smorgasbord. From Degthai, which serves fiery tom yum noodles that would feel right at home in Bangkok, to killer tamales, sopes, and more at Tacos Y Mariscos El Amigo, the options verge on overwhelming. One fan favorite that never fails is Edessa’s, which packs in regulars nightly despite its strip mall parking lot digs, thanks to ample portions of Kurdish and Turkish dishes. Co-owner Mesut Kelik is just one of more than 15,000 expats who make up Nashville’s Kurdish diaspora community—one of the largest in the world. For centuries, the Kurds have existed across the borders of multiple nations, a cultural and geographic diversity reflected in their cuisine. Edessa is named in honor of an ancient Mesopotamian city in what is now Turkey, where Armenian, Arab, Kurdish, and Turkish peoples all coexisted.  Everything on the expansive menu here is made and presented with care, from the clay pot kebab, a sumptuously seasoned lamb stew poured tableside from an earthen vessel, to the su boregi, a many-layered appetizer of generously buttered, whisper-thin dough oozing molten cheese. The spoon-tender lamb shank is a particular highlight.  ( 13 min )

Notes of green cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves hit your palate first, balanced by a restrained sweetness. Made with impeccably steeped black leaf tea, The Horn's chai is to the sugary chai mix served at many American cafes what a Milanese master barista's espresso pull is to the free, stale drip coffee you might find in an office. And while we can't fully condone the playful sign on the wall declaring this, “The only Chai that matters in Nashville,” it is a cut above. The Horn has offered Nashville’s thriving community of more than 3,000 Somali refugees a taste of home since 2014, when Hassan Rasul opened the café with his sons, Ahmed and Zakariya. Each morning, the Rasuls lay out an assortment of sweet and savory treats, including malawah (lacy crepes), nafaqo (crispy mashed potato patties stuffed with egg), and mandazi (fried puff pastry). The real stars here are the sambusas, the Somali cousins of samosas, which come fried to a pillowy crunch. You can't go wrong with the expertly seasoned traditional beef or veggie fillings. That said, the Rasuls also offer a rotating selection of Deep Southern riffs, including a Nashville hot chicken–inspired number and a “Smokin’ BBQ Chicken.” Most unexpectedly delightful of all might be the “Cheesy Breakfast” option, which tucks an egg-and-cheese into a flaky triangular pocket.  ( 13 min )

The watchful eyes of Dolly Parton preside over the disco ball-bedecked interior of East Nashville’s oldest dive bar. Her face, drawn, collaged, and printed in Mattel-pink is everywhere between the graffiti-plastered walls and under the strings of Christmas tree lights. One especially large cardboard cutout, a gift from local artist Brett Douglas Hunter, has been repeatedly stolen and returned with great drama to the bar. Dino’s, which has been serving cheap beers and bourbons until the hazy late-late hours of the night since the 1970s, feels like a timewarp, even if it’s had a few subtle, behind-the scenes touch-ups over years.  In 2015, Nashville restaurant duo Miranda Whitcomb Pontes and Alex Wendkos stepped in to run the joint. Luckily, the pair knew what made Dino’s so special in the first place and chose not to mess with it too much. The vibes remain impeccable and the cheeseburger is as good as when Anthony Bourdain dug it. Order yours “Animal Style,” with plenty of mustard, pickles, sauce, and onions, plus a fried egg or bacon, if you’re feeling it. Don’t skip the fries. Like any great dive, Dino’s hits best long after its competition calls it a night. Come hang with other East Nashville industry types getting off their shifts until 3 a.m. seven nights a week. Or if you prefer to drink under the harsh light of day, stop by Dolly’s Lemonade Stand, a giant lemon crowned by a sculptural rendition of the country diva, that serves as a satellite bar Thursday through Saturday. In 2022, not long after her namesake lemonade stand opened, Parton herself swung by. She left a signed photograph that says, “Dino’s, I will always love you. Love, Dolly.”  ( 13 min )

On East Central Street along Massachusetts Route 140 in Franklin, there is a historical marker that is easy to miss. Nestled among several small bushes and under a tree, lies a stone marker dedicated to the "Father of American Education," Horace Mann. Mann was born on May 4, 1796, in Franklin, Massachusetts, to a relatively poor farming family. As a teenager, he usually received no more than six weeks of schooling per year. However, he made extensive use of the Franklin Public Library, the oldest in the nation, and enrolled in Brown University graduating in three years in 1819 as a valedictorian. He practiced and studied law in the area and was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1827. He was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in 1835 and spent considerable effort focusing…  ( 13 min )

Crescent Mill was probably the earliest mining infrastructure built in this part of Nevada, in the late 1860s. It was possibly located here due to water availability from Crescent Spring, and this spring still fills a water tank at the site. The mill was intended to process ore from local silver strikes, but it initially shut down in 1867 after only 10 days of operation. With new financial backing, it re-opened and ran from 1869 to 1871, with some desultory activity thereafter, but as was so often the case the grade and volume of ore was inadequate to repay the investment. The most prominent remnant is the chimney for the smelter, but there are fragments of other ruins in the vicinity. The area now lies at the extreme southwestern corner of Basin and Range National Monument. Please take only pictures and leave only footprints.  ( 14 min )

The steel tracks peeking above the trees in Pohang's Hwanho Park are reminiscent of a typical seaside amusement park. But if you look closely, you will see people, not roller coaster cars, traversing the tracks in this park. In fact, Pohang's Space Walk was designed to be enjoyed on foot. Korea's largest walkable art installation began development in 2019 by Pohang's city government in partnership with two German artists, Heiki Mutter and Ulrich Genth. Visitors brave enough to traverse the 717 steps will be treated to spectacular views of Youngil Bay and Youngildae Beach. But Pohang's seaside location is not the only feature that makes it the perfect home for the Space Walk. POSCO, Korea's largest steel manufacturer, is headquartered in Pohang, where the 317 tons of steel used in this art piece were produced. The Space Walk is expected to become a permanent feature of Pohang's skyline as a special nod to the impressive steel manufacturing that takes place in the city.  ( 13 min )

This historic covered bridge built in 1852, was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Union Forces crossed on July 1st and Confederate Troops fled the battle on July 4th. Designated as Pennsylvania’s “most historic bridge” in 1938, it is also registered on the National Register of Historic Places. Built by David Stoner for $1,544, this 100-foot long and 15-foot wide bridge crosses over Marsh Creek and is a beautiful place for a walk and picnic (and it may even be haunted).  ( 12 min )

The National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima is nestled away on 150 acres of scenic farmland in New Jersey. It was built in 1978 and is dedicated to the message of Fatima, reportedly delivered directly from the Mother of God to three Portuguese children in 1917. The Blue Army was founded in 1946 by Harold Colgan, a parish priest of St Mary in Plainfield, New Jersey. Colgan had fallen critically ill and was hospitalized. In the hospital, he prayed to Our Lady of Fatima that if she cured him, he would spend the rest of his life spreading devotion to her. Colgan recovered and began preaching about the Virgin Mary shortly after. Towering 130 feet above the shrine is a bronze statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, with the roof representing her mantle flowing over and protecting her children. Sister Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, the last survivor of the original three children that the vision of Our Lady of Fatima was brought in as a consultant on the shrine. There are many bronze statues dotting the grounds. Including an exact replica of the Chapel of Apparitions at Fatima, one of few such replicas in the world. There is plenty of parking and please be respectful of the grounds.  ( 13 min )

This is a sycamore tree grown from a seed that traveled to the Moon aboard Apollo 14 on January 31, 1971. The sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) planted at Coudersport Area Recreational Park in the late 1970s and has grown to a height of over 40 feet.  There’s a plaque commemorating the tree, which is one of many "moon trees" that were planted across the country after the seeds were carried on Apollo 14.  ( 12 min )

One of the oldest burial grounds in the state of Vermont is the Bennington Centre Cemetery. The attached Old First Church was established in 1762. That same year, the first headstone was placed.  Today, the Bennington Centre Cemetery Association maintains the grounds. Signs have been placed to identify not only notable people buried in the cemetery but also to showcase the work of the stone carvers. Most famous among the headstones is the grave of author Robert Frost.  Revolutionary War Soldiers who fought and died at the Battle of Bennington in August 1777 are also buried in the cemetery. There is a total of 75 soldiers buried on the grounds. Carver Zerubbabel Collins is responsible for about 40 of the headstones on the grounds, and several are attributed to his apprentice Benjamin Dyer.  ( 12 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, host Dylan Thuras takes us on a journey into the world of foraging with Alan Muscat, a foraging educator based in Asheville, North Carolina. Muscat, the CEO of "No Taste Like Home," leads foraging tours where participants can discover the abundant wild foods growing in the forests surrounding Asheville. Asheville is not only a haven for foragers but also a destination with countless food adventures and culinary tours, including farm tours, guided food tours, a cheese trail, coffee tours, and picnics. Visit ExploreAsheville.com to plan and discover the incredible food experiences waiting for you. Listen now and learn about North Carolina's incredible biodiversity and explore the surprising and delicious flavors of foraged ingredients found in nature's grocery store.  ( 15 min )

Yes. Minnesota’s Northwest Angle is separated by water from the rest of the state, but a surveying error led to it becoming part of Minnesota rather than Canada, according to research compiled by the Minnesota Historical Society.  ( 9 min )

Plus: McCollum takes on GOP over defense bill.  ( 19 min )

Plus: Minnesota towns navigate marijuana legalization; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness fully open; Wild select native Minnesotan in draft; and more.  ( 6 min )

When she began her own journey of recovery from substance abuse disorder in 2009, Farhia Budul saw a need for culturally specific services. Her organization — the first of its kind in the U.S. — provides addiction recovery and awareness services to Minnesota's East African community.  ( 30 min )

Legislative Auditor Judy Randall's comments came amid a series of special audits directed by the Legislature to dig into the Southwest Light Rail Transit project.  ( 24 min )

We’re in the LAST DAY of our summer member drive, and we’re still 49 new or renewing members away from reaching our goal by midnight.  ( 6 min )

Plus: New Latin American exhibit at Mia; The Head and the Heart performs in Waite Park; local artists and best friends open new exhibit; and more.  ( 16 min )

Approximately 42% of Minnesotan children risk losing health care coverage unless their families submit Medicaid renewal paperwork amidst access barriers.  ( 11 min )

Plus: Stone Arch Bridge to temporarily close after last year's "chaos"; Taylor Swift fans broke records with lodging; Duluth volunteer pastor arrested; and more.  ( 8 min )

A Harvard student embarks on a two-year voyage as a sailor aboard a merchant ship, exposing the harsh conditions of life at sea in the 19th century.  ( 3 min )

Nonfiction shouldn’t be drier than a Popeye’s biscuit Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 16 min )

Life lessons through creative writing Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 8 min )

The trailblazing screenwriter/director breaks down the bumpy road from helming a slasher film to creating her hit medical series for Fox Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 27 min )

Preface, June 29, 2023: Today the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions. Unlike others cases that this court has decided, notably Dobbs, this decision accords with American public opinion. Odd, then, that in such a climate activists are accelerating the push for racial reparations. Odd and counterproductive for their–for our–cause. About two […]  ( 17 min )

To escape our predicament, we cannot just cling to multi-party liberal democracy. Rather, we must find new ways of building social consensus and establishing active links between political parties and civil society. The immediate task is to oppose the new left-right populists, and that may require aligning with exponents of capitalist liberal democracy – just […] The post SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK takes a step toward us appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Anon. He philosophizes for it, but also at, on, ... by Ben Shot 6 trillion dollars. Every. Single. Year. You will never end ... by notRover In reply to Agreed. You are just saying that because of ... by Cancelled for wongthink In reply to Cancelled for wongthink. Labor theory of value ... by Dismalist In reply to DeQuan. Paying is different than charming. by Wondering Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman +1 For the Veil of Ignorance *All Desire is a Desire for Being*  ( 6 min )

A minuscule handbag measuring just 657 by 222 by 700 microns (or less than 0.03 inches wide) sold for over $63,000 at an online auction Wednesday. Barely visible to the human eye, the fluorescent yellowish-green bag is based on a popular Louis Vuitton design — though it is the work of a New York art […] The post Tiny markets in everything appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments good thing no one sneezed while they were taking that pic by blue jay “Some people have more money than sense.” by byomtov This is approximately as practical as the Gucci bags on which ... by Formerly K This reminds me very much of the Third Policeman where one of ... by Russell In reply to Dinwar. If you consider $1K – $3K de minimis I ... by De minimis Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

1. Education vs. cohort control. 2. Economics of generic medicines. 3. Cecilia Rouse is the new president of Brookings. 4. Oregon school performance is cratering. 5. The oldest known customer complaint? 6. How much does IQ explain why liberals are overrepresented in sociology? 7. Not my view, sad! I would opt for Aztec UFOs, with […] The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to TMC. The obvious answer is that sociology isn't ... by I read it this way, too! In reply to gjk. “Yes, I'm assuming without proof for the ... by Cosmic Bob #6. A “vocabulary ” test?!? Pretty sure their psychologist ... by james What's more likely, visitation by an alien species, or an ... by UFO 👽 In reply to peri. Excellent point and sadly all too true. ... by Wanda Tinasky Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

One restaurant in Seoul rose to notoriety after “politely declining” people over 49 (on the basis men of that age might harass female staff), while in 2021, a camping ground in Jeju sparked heated debate with a notice saying it did not accept reservations from people aged 40 or above. Citing a desire to keep […] The post Korean markets in everything appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to M. The individual’s terms. Society agreed ... by mel In reply to mel. “On our own terms” Own = the ... by M In reply to peri. Well, that depends if you think you are ... by peri In reply to peri. I suspect that the manners timeline would ... by Hazel Meade In reply to peri. Relatedly, I wonder if some of us who might ... by peri Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Harried Leisure Class Is American Culture Becoming More Pro-Business? High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota  ( 6 min )

Here is the audio, video, and transcript.  Here is the episode summary: In his second appearance, Reid Hoffman joined Tyler to talk everything AI: the optimal liability regime for LLMs, whether there’ll be autonomous money-making bots, which agency should regulate AI, how AI will affect the media ecosystem and the communication of ideas, what percentage […] The post My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Peirce's views on the reality of possibility, and meaning as ... by Casey In reply to zztop. Reid, not Reed. by zztop Newflash: Inflection AI $1.3 billion haul! Congrats Reed and co. by zztop In reply to Wondering. The fact is he was on the island and ... by Ron Barlin In reply to Ron Barlin. You have no facts. There are many ... by Wondering Plus 10 more... Related Stories My Conversation with Noam Chomsky +1 For the Veil of Ignorance Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity?  ( 7 min )

Perfectly roasted spaghetti squash is crisp-tender with a neutral flavor that is great simply as is or tossed with your favorite sauce. The secret to success is in our unusual cutting method.  ( 17 min )

We asked Serious Eats staffers what they’re most looking forward to buying on Prime Day. Some of the items are already on sale.  ( 23 min )

Three weekends ago, I delivered a keynote here: New Directions in Chinese Language Education in the 21st Century The Eighth International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Swarthmore College, June 9-10, 2023 ———– Abbreviations:     AI — Artificial Intelligence     DT — Digital Technology     IT — Information Technology     DH — Digital […]  ( 10 min )

A couple of weeks ago, John Hansen tried "an experiment to see if I could successfully combine random and seemingly unconnected topics into one poem", and reported the results on Medium. This experiment was quickly reproduced by Adrian CDTPPW, Block Wife, and Robert G. Longpré. The structure was Choose three random words (No AI involved […]  ( 8 min )

J.C. Hallman’s “Say Anarcha” is a deeply researched but ultimately flawed revisionist biography of J. Marion Sims, a celebrated surgeon who operated without anesthesia on young enslaved Black women and teenagers. The “speculative nonfiction” is best understood alongside other major works.  ( 15 min )

Also hot money, DWAC insider trading and police insider trading.  ( 2 min )

A paper published in Science two years ago has been flagged with an expression of concern while the editors give the authors a chance to correct a data issue identified by two different readers.  “Light-induced mobile factors from shoots regulate rhizobium-triggered soybean root nodulation,” was published in September 2021 and has been cited 43 times, … Continue reading Science paper marked with expression of concern after readers pointed out data issue  ( 7 min )

In more ways than none, Steven Spielberg is synonymous with the art of film directing. Not only is his commercial success unparalleled, but he is also responsible for some of the most iconic films, characters, images, and thematic ideas of Hollywood history. In essence, Spielberg is the ideal filmmaker, equally populous and crowd-pleasing as he […]  ( 10 min )

In a 2018 opinion piece, “Why was Theranos so believable? Medicine needs to look in the mirror,” Michael Joyner wrote: I [Joyner] watched the recent “60 Minutes” report on the rise and fall of Theranos, the test-everything-with-a-fingerstick company that recently … Continue reading →  ( 23 min )

Yann McLatchie, Sölvi Rögnvaldsson, Frank Weber, and I (Aki) write in a new preprint “Robust and efficient projection predictive inference” The concepts of Bayesian prediction, model comparison, and model selection have developed significantly over the last decade. As a result, … Continue reading →  ( 11 min )

A lot of us have been waiting for a long time to hear this news! The NANOGrav collaboration has announced strong evidence of a background of low frequency gravitational waves emitted from supermassive black hole mergers. Their detection methods are pulsar timing arrays (still one of those fantastically simple, cool … Click to continue reading this post → The post appeared first on .Rattle and HumAsymptotia  ( 7 min )

Introduction Continue reading: Lessons Learned From Running R in Production  ( 33 min )

R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Building a basic Shiny app with Golem – Part II (Video)  ( 7 min )

This week’s TidyTuesday is about place names as recorded by the US Board on Geographic Names. The dataset has been cleaned to include only populated places. I ended up augmenting the dataset with information about Arlington Historic neighborhoods ... Continue reading: Tidy Tuesday Revisited: Interactive Map of Arlington Historic Neighborhoods  ( 11 min )

Introduction Continue reading: How to Use a Windows .bat File to Execute an R Script  ( 12 min )

UPDATE: I’ve update this blog post on the 30 of June 2023. I corrected a statement Continue reading: How to self-publish a technical book on Leanpub and Amazon using Quarto  ( 29 min )

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Plenty of AI related entries in Nature this week (8 June 2023): Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and videos (until they cannot spot them) AI intensifies fight against paper mills (as a further hindrance rather than an ally) AI learns to write sorting software on its own, through […]  ( 6 min )

Plenty of AI related entries in Nature this week (8 June 2023): Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and videos (until they cannot spot them) AI intensifies fight against paper mills (as a further hindrance rather than an ally) AI learns to write sorting software on its own, through […]  ( 6 min )

Ben Zimmer spotted this interesting street sign in the New York Times photo essay, "DMs from New York City" (June 26, 2023). The Chinese says: suǒyǒu shāngpǐn所有商品"all merchandise" qīnghuò清货"clearance / liquidation of goods" jǐnjí chǔlǐ紧急处理"[must / will be] dealt with / handled urgently" It is true that chǔlǐ 处理 often, if not usually, means "process" […]  ( 8 min )

The new-to-me word: assembloid. It occurred in the second (of 20!) bullet points that the blurb for a new publication, Brain Organoid & Systems Neuroscience Journal, lists under the heading Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Brain organogenesis and Neuronal cultures Methods for generating brain assembloids The rest of the list: […]  ( 9 min )

The buzz about Large Language Models has re-ignited interest in Alan Turing's famous 1950 article "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Two interesting recent discussions: Jessica Riskin, "A Sort of Buzzing Inside My Head", NYRB 6/25/2023, and Mustafa Suleyman, "The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma", Random House 9/5/2023. Suleyman's book won't be released […]  ( 12 min )

That's the name of a viral YouTube channel that I had never heard of, and now a popular book that Barbara Phillips Long called to my attention: My son gave me a copy of Tasting History, by Max Miller, which takes very old recipes and gives modern approximations of them. The book is handsomely printed, […]  ( 11 min )

Build Resilience, become a better writer Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )

Fundamentals for fantastic dialogue Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )

Love isn’t always easy but it sure can be fulfilling. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )

Today’s Write Now interview features Isabella Maldonado, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of A KILLER’S GAME. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )

I’ve used this to get 6-figure book deal advances and 7-figure paychecks Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )

Yes. MinnesotaCare, a state health care program for Minnesotans with low incomes, covers inpatient and outpatient mental health care, including psychotherapy, as well as hospital and residential services for substance use disorder.  ( 6 min )

MAGE merges the two key tasks of image generation and recognition, typically trained separately, into a single system.  ( 8 min )

MIT alumnus’ platform taps the wisdom of crowds to label medical data for AI companies.  ( 10 min )

A young shoeshiner rises the social ladder thanks to his wits, his work ethic, his honesty, and a bit of luck.  ( 2 min )

A discussion of the political philosophy of a democratic society.  ( 3 min )

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: Those who remember or read about the 1980s may consider the price of gold to be a highly dramatic variable. During the postwar Bretton Woods years, the price of gold was pegged at $35 an ounce, but after Richard Nixon severed the […] The post How is gold priced? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to DaveW. And I remember that at some point during ... by Worley In reply to Non-zero chance. > chance of a dollar led ... by lol In reply to josh. Use archive.ph, almost always someone has ... by Advice In reply to Ricardo. An extra $3 per month in insurance would ... by Oh no In reply to harold. Internet commentators cannot read. by Once again Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )

1. Humans have used enough groundwater to shift the earth’s tilt. 2. Claims about recent problems in northeast (USA) airspace. 3. Hans Niemann lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen dismissed, some parts dismissed “with prejudice.” 4. Ernie 3.5, the new Baidu model.  你好吗! 5. Are there five billion dormant cell phones sitting around?  What should we do […] The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Dinwar. “And since the water's not being ... by Glenn In reply to Hazel Meade. On some issues related to economics ... by Chuck37 In reply to blue jay. “This suggests that a substantial ... by Dinwar In reply to Rebarbativsky. Sorry, that was meant as a ... by Rebarbativsky In reply to Rebes. The pilots always lose control from ... by Rebarbativsky Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

The government (through holding company Temasek) has a minority stake in DBS Bank which is the largest company on the Singapore Exchange. The government has a majority stake in the two largest telecom companies: Singtel and Starhub, it has a majority stake in the flag carrier Singapore Airlines and it is the owner of CapitaLand […] The post Singapore facts of the day, shareholder state edition appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Harun. North Korea does not have market economy. ... by Aleksander In reply to Andrew M. it's a nice slogan and an admirable ... by wormbridge In reply to John Smith. have spent a fair bit of time in ... by wormbridge In reply to Vulcidian. Singapore is an example of smart ... by surfie In reply to mkt42. There is nothing about democracy that ... by asdf Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman +1 For the Veil of Ignorance It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger  ( 7 min )

The journal has issued an official editorial, I’ll just present the headline: Stop talking about tomorrow’s AI doomsday when AI poses risks today In the short article AGI risk concerns are dismissed pretty summarily, without engagement.  Then it is followed by plenty of the standard lameness, such as: Further consultations about AI risks and regulations, […] The post *Nature* on AGI risk appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments As it stands, contra that earlier tweet from Rob Wiblin (does ... by pgbh In reply to Rahul. Nature is still anti-AI, just doing the ... by Mitra Dario In reply to PHinton. I'll have my bots get in touch with your ... by Scott H. In reply to Andrew M. Or are you assuming that racial ... by Did you just admit reality is racist? In reply to Timothy Taylor. Because AGW has become gospel ... by The shared deficiencies of the AI and AGW doomer "arguments" are obvious, but ignored by most Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Paul Graham? What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? India bots to the rescue  ( 8 min )

Also Lordstown, Rule 144 and MetaBirkins.  ( 2 min )

This shredded pork sauce is rich and herbaceous, and pairs perfectly with thick, fresh pappardelle noodles.  ( 19 min )

This joyously vibrant corn dip is loaded with sweet, fresh, briny, and herbal flavors, and unlike many others, it doesn't seize up and turn to rubber as it cools.  ( 16 min )

We broke down the differences between centrifugal and masticating juicers and gave tested recommendations for each.  ( 15 min )

The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue planet

Heat Wave Yago is baking Seville, Spain, the first city in the world to introduce a heat wave naming and ranking system

As giant plumes from fires in Canada billow over the U.S., experts explain what smoke does to your health—and how to protect yourself

A fossilized hominin leg shows gashes that were probably made by stone tools

When you can’t remember a word, it might only feel like it’s on the tip of your tongue

Whether you’re camping in New Mexico’s Cosmic Campground or trying to catch sight of Venus’s bright orb around sunrise or sunset, summer nights seem to invite us to look up at the twinkling sky and wonder at our place in it all. Stargazing and toasty bonfires just go together, like cecropia trees and Azteca ants. As part of our ongoing Summer of Wonder series, we recently asked readers on our Facebook page to tell us about their favorite stargazing memories. We compiled some of the most heartwarming and hilarious responses below, from meteors showering down on a newly eloped couple in Big Sur, California, to happening upon a friendly astronomer on top of a mountain on Hawaiʻi’s Big Island. If you’d like to join the conversation (and potentially be featured in other Atlas stories througho…  ( 22 min )

Excerpted with permission from The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage into the World of the Weird, by Daniel Schreiber, published June 2023 by William Morrow. All rights reserved. You probably haven’t ever heard of the small city of Visoko in Bosnia. I certainly hadn’t until I started writing this book. For a long time it was a place that rarely popped up in international news. And even when it did, it usually only concerned one local resident, Adnan Nević, who became notable for being recognized by the United Nations as Earth’s official sixth-billionth human. Otherwise, it never really made much of a dent in global news coverage. Fortunes changed for the city in 2020, however, when Novak Djokovic, at the time the world’s top-ranked tennis player, started making pilgrimages there so h…  ( 25 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, host Dylan Thuras meets a teenage hero: author John Marr, who created the infamous Murder Can Be Fun zine and chronicled tales of usual amusement park ride deaths and other odd disasters. You can see back issues of Murder Can Be Fun here. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )

Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). Throughout the summer, she’ll be sharing the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. The Moon is growing now, more and more of it visible every evening. Though it is technically full for just one night, it will look mostly full for a night or so before and after that. The bright summer Moon can be frustrating—it’s so dazzling, it drowns out the stars and fainter objects that many stargazers enjoy staying up late to see. And the coming full Moon will be one of the brightest of 2023: It’s the year’s first full Moon “supermoon.” Save…  ( 17 min )

In 1931, Bell Laboratories physicist and radio researcher Karl Jansky set up a radio antenna on this site for experimental studies. While gathering data, his results were affected daily by static. He concluded that this was originating from space due to the fact that the time of maximum static changed by four minutes from day to day. By locating the direction where the signal was largest, he discovered that it came from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. With this first measurement, the field of radio astronomy came into existence. The name "Jansky" was given to the unit of radio flux density.  ( 12 min )

When it comes to delays in correcting the scientific record — and less-than-helpful retraction notices — it’s not uncommon to see journals blaming universities for being slow and less than forthcoming, and universities blaming journals for being impatient and not respecting the confidentiality of their processes. So in 2021 and 2022, a group of university … Continue reading How can universities and journals better work together on research misconduct?  ( 10 min )

Clarivate, the company that assigns journals Impact Factors, this year will not give four journals updated versions of the controversial metric used by many institutions and publications as a shorthand for quality.  The journals will remain indexed in Web of Science, but won’t have an Impact Factor for this year in Clarivate’s 2023 Journal Citation … Continue reading “Truly devastating”: Four journals won’t get new Impact Factors this year because of citation shenanigans  ( 9 min )

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Join our workshop on Machine Learning workflow with tidymodels in R, which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series!  Here’s some more info:  Title: Machine Learning workflow with tidymodels in R Date: Thursday, July 27th, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, Paris timezone) Speaker: Kelly Bodwin is an Associate Professor ... Continue reading: Machine Learning workflow with tidymodels in R workshop  ( 11 min )

In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape, IT professionals need to stay ahead of the curve to remain competitive and relevant in their careers. That’s why, at Appsilon, we do our best to create opportunities for personal and professional development for all our team members. We foster a culture ... Continue reading: Nurturing Growth: Advancing Your IT Career in the Appsilon Tech Team  ( 18 min )

R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Write a function with Python and R  ( 7 min )

Introduction Continue reading: Exploring Rolling Correlation with the rollapply Function: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing Time-Series Data  ( 11 min )

This will be my final R Views post offering my totally idiosyncratic selection of 40 CRAN packages. It has been a good run that began in August 2016. I would like to thank all of you who followed these posts. Your readership kept me going. I hope that the “Top 40” posts were ... Continue reading: May 2023: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages  ( 43 min )

Almost a year ago, I introduced my most recent network related R packages netUtils. The package is meant as a catch-all package where I Continue reading: Fast creation of LFR Benchmark graphs in R  ( 8 min )

How to join this free online event with Stephanie Hazlitt, Jonathan Keane and Nic Crane. Continue reading: A Journey through Arrow in R  ( 11 min )

Studies have long shown that Black patients experience worse health outcomes compared to White patients, in part due to biased medical care. Now, researchers want to know how stigmatizing language affects their treatment. Does a patient described as “belligerent” or “non-compliant” get the same care?  ( 15 min )

The Washington Post recently had a story called “Black Americans More Upbeat but Fear Worsening Racism, poll finds.”  As the title shows, the results could be read in different ways.  Near the end, it said that most black employees had pretty favorable views of their own workplaces, but “beyond work, however, 17 percent of Black Americans say they often feel treated with less respect or feel as if they received bad service at a restaurant or store because of their race.” That was followed by a graph entitled “Fewer Black Americans say they are often treated poorly … than in 2006.”  The numbers of black people who say that various things happen to them “often” or “somewhat often” because of their race.                                                      2006       2023 Less respect than ot…  ( 11 min )

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When I entered the classroom on the Jussieu campus where the Monday morning session on PDMP was taking place, some friends told me a badge was waiting for me at the registration desk of MCM 2023! Most surprisingly since I had received a deregistration message a few weeks earlier. Great PDMP session with non-reversible tempering […]  ( 6 min )

When I entered the classroom on the Jussieu campus where the Monday morning session on PDMP was taking place, some friends told me a badge was waiting for me at the registration desk of MCM 2023! Most surprisingly since I had received a deregistration message a few weeks earlier. Great PDMP session with non-reversible tempering […]  ( 6 min )

A neurology researcher in Australia is no longer employed at his former university in the midst of a research misconduct investigation, Retraction Watch has learned. And the work of a co-author at another institution also is being assessed for possible research misconduct after sleuths alerted the university to comments on PubPeer about potential data issues … Continue reading Exclusive: Researcher has “ceased employment” at university amid investigation and retraction  ( 9 min )

It’s not always rosy, but it could still be worth it.  ( 13 min )

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“Đi ăn nhậu tối nay không?” is a phrase you’ll hear often throughout Vietnam. In literal terms, it translates to “let’s go eat and drink tonight,” but the use of the word nhậu evokes something deeper. To nhậu is to come together over plentiful food, typically eaten with your hands, and drink, typically generous amounts of beer. It’s the quintessential act of daily celebration, for no reason at all, that often lasts for hours and sometimes includes spontaneous sidewalk karaoke.  This is the ritual on display at Nhớ Tuyết, which literally means “missing or remembering snow,” though it’s really named after the owner, whose name is Tuyết. Come as the locals do: with a big group of friends. And enjoy a vast selection of seafood ranging from clams in lemongrass broth, to scallops topped with scallion oil and crushed peanuts, to colossal river prawns all cooked via your preferred preparation, whether that’s salt-toasted or tossed in a wok with tamarind sauce.  Beyond the seafood, Ms. Tuyết is known for her proprietary recipe for pâté, which comes in a thinner-than-usual texture with a sheet of burnt rice for scooping up as sort of a dip. There are also plenty of options for vegetarian diners, including an off-menu tofu in salted egg sauce. Your meal here will typically come with a full case of beer. At the end of the meal, they’ll count how many cans are left and charge accordingly.  ( 14 min )

The first thing you encounter when you stumble on Bún Riêu Gánh is the colossal pot of red-orange crab broth simmering right there on the sidewalk. The name of the venue alludes to the gánh, or a wooden yoke traditionally used by street vendors to carry their goods, to which the pot is attached. From this pot, brimming with seafood and herbs, the shop’s owner, Mrs. Mai Thi Lien, ladles each bowl to order.  A four-decade-old mainstay located near the bustling Ben Thanh Market, the restaurant’s namesake noodle soup, bún riêu, combines rice vermicelli noodles, or bún, with riêu, or a crab paste which is typically combined with pork, shrimp, and prawns to create a solid, meatloaf-like consistency. Also in the bowl are heaping chunks of tofu as well as huyet, or coagulated pork blood, while a side plate of herbs includes perilla leaves and basil.  Though the dish is believed to have originated in northern Vietnam, it’s become one of the most popular noodle soups throughout the entire country. Here, Mrs. Lien serves her bún riêu with an accompanying dipping cup of tamarind fish sauce with sliced chili and pure shrimp paste. The use of tamarind is distinctly southern: twirl up the noodles with a piece of crab paste and dip it all into the sauce for a pop of tangy brightness.  ( 13 min )

The waterfall of the Guadalupe River at El Salto is the site of Guadalupe I, a hydroelectric power plant dating back to 1932 that serves Medellín and the surrounding region. The companion Guadalupe III at the base of the waterfall was built in 1966. The boundaries of the Gómez Plata, Carolina del Príncipe, and Guadalupe municipalities meet at the base of the waterfall. A two-cabin cable car from the top to the base of the waterfall started operating in 1962 to serve EPM and the surrounding communities. The cable car has a 730-meter (2,395-foot) horizontal length to cover a 565-meter (1854-ft) vertical span, with a maximum speed of 4.4 meters per second (15.8 km/h or 9.8 mph). The cable car system was built by Bell (Kriens, Lucerne), and the cabins by Metalleger (Sierre, Valais) from Switzerland. The power plants and surrounding facilities are owned by Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), the power utility company that serves the city of Medellín and the surrounding region.  ( 13 min )

Michelle Boggess-Nunley is a Grosse Pointe, Michigan-based artist who holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest hand-drawn maze. This is Michelle's third original puzzle for Atlas Obscura. Check out her other two here: one inspired by Atlas Obscura places around the world, and another set in the Paris Catacombs! Have you ever passed through a town while on a trip and wondered what secrets it could hold? Or maybe you'd looked down a road and saw some bizarre thing that maybe only locals know about? That’s my favorite thing about Atlas Obscura and the Atlas Obscura app—it gives us all of those secrets at our fingertips, whether we’re in the car with the window rolled down or laptop-travelers looking for a new adventure. Our family loves to take road trips and visit national park…  ( 15 min )

The Lando schoolhouse was built in 1904-5 in the Italian Renaissance revival style for the employees of the Manetta Mill. The school was built in an unusually opulent style for a mill town, which is indicative of the prosperity of the area at the time. The ruins of the Manetta Mills are very near the Lando schoolhouse along Fishing Creek. The town itself is a shadow of its former self since the closing of the mill in 1992, with only a few residents remaining. The schoolhouse itself was closed down in 1955. The first floor of the schoolhouse contained classrooms, and the second floor was combination classroom and auditorium. The third floor is just balcony seating which overlooks the stage on the second floor below. Today the school sits abandoned and decaying at the end of Schoolhouse Road.  ( 12 min )

For the first 30 years of his life, Stanley Aryanto says that he was living someone else’s dream. He had a comfortable job as a mechanical engineer, but he wasn’t happy. During a trip through Europe in 2015, he snapped tons of photos with a pocket camera. But when he got home, he was disappointed. Nothing he’d captured did the trip justice: His photos were crooked, dark, or taken without a thought for composition. He started watching YouTube photography videos, upgraded his camera, and practiced relentlessly. His skills grew quickly, and so did his sense of fulfillment. In 2018, he quit his job to become a digital nomad and pursue photography full-time, capturing the Milky Way and other natural wonders. Atlas Obscura spoke with Aryanto about the balance between experiencing and photo…  ( 19 min )

While Vietnamese food debates usually revolve around whose pho is best, there’s also a fair amount of polarizing discourse surrounding cơm tấm, or broken rice, as everyone feels strongly about their favorite rendition.  Perhaps best described as an everyday meal of the people, this culturally significant dish is centered around its most humble ingredient, the rice. During the brutal French colonial period, a time of hunger in Vietnamese history, people began cooking with the rice that had been broken during the milling process. As such, it’s become a symbol of Vietnamese resilience and resourcefulness.  This is the origin of cơm tấm, which is the namesake dish at Cơm Tấm Nguyễn Văn Cừ, a beloved institution that’s been selling it since 1968. The rendition here is traditional: a couple scoops of the broken rice along with sides of sườn nướng (marinated pork chop), bì (shredded pork skin), chả trứng (egg and meat loaf) along with pickled vegetables. Fish sauce, with or without birdseye chili, is poured over the top and adds depth of flavor.  The big differentiator here is the larger-than-typical size of pork chop, which is prepared on the grill out in front of the nondescript storefront. It comes with a higher price tag (a little less than $7), of course, and while that’s earned it some detractors, it nevertheless remains packed for lunch daily with a mostly local audience.  ( 14 min )

In the bustling city of Gwangju in South Korea's southwestern corner, tucked away in the city's historic Yangnim-dong neighborhood, a traditional Korean home boasts rare architecture in a calming atmosphere. Known as a hanok, the home was first constructed in 1899. The wealthy landowner, Jeong Nak-Gyo, and his family commissioned the house and were the first to live in it.  Throughout the Japanese colonial period in South Korea from 1910-1945, many similar homes with Korean architecture were destroyed. This house adopted a Japanese-style garden during this time period but was able to maintain its distinctive Korean buildings. The home was later purchased by its most famous resident, Lee Jang-Woo, in 1959. Lee was a prominent philanthropist and education advocate for the Jeolla region. Along with his legacy of founding kindergartens, middle schools, high schools, and universities across Jeolla, he has also left behind this remarkable architectural site for visitors today to enjoy. Under Lee's care, additions were made to the house including men's quarters, servants' quarters, and a storehouse, all in keeping with the traditional Korean style. The Japanese-style garden was converted back to a Korean-style garden in 2009 for the Gwangju Design Biennale. The original women's quarters and gates built by Nak-Gyo are also still intact.  ( 13 min )

Opened in May 2022, Bibo Park, the main botanical and biotechnological garden on the Spanish island of Ibiza, focuses on the preservation of local plant species, including endangered ones which are endemic to the island and others in the Pitiusas archipelago, such as Formentera and other nearby minor islands. The park also highlights the practical applications of plants in sustainable technologies. One of the pieces of equipment on view is an algae-based photobioreactor near the park's entrance. In the device, a series of tubes cultivates algae that can be used in everything from power generation to carbon sequestration. Other notable instruments are those developed by the Barcelona-based company Bioo, especially their batteries and generators which are powered entirely by soil. These ne…  ( 14 min )

When Alexandra Pittas was in the sixth grade, she lost a Bible that she had brought for church service at her Greek immersion school. It wasn’t just any Bible, either. It had been a gift from yiayia, her grandmother. “I knew my mom was going to kill me,” recalls Pittas. “So my friend told me, you should pray to Agios Fanourious. And I was like, who?” This was the first time Pittas had heard of St. Fanourious, the Greek patron saint of lost things. She spent the next week praying fervently. “I happened to be in the kitchen at church, and I went into a cabinet to get something. And there was the Bible, waiting for me,” she remembers. “I don’t even know why it would be in there! Or why I would have gone into this cabinet at all." Even after stumbling across the lost Bible, Alexandra’s i…  ( 21 min )

Set within a narrow wet market on Tôn Thất Đạm street, Ănăn (literally “eat, eat”) is a casual fine dining Vietnamese restaurant that combines traditional flavors and ingredients with modern techniques in creative, whimsical dishes. Opened in 2017, it’s the brainchild of chef Peter Cuong Franklin, a chef-auteur who traded in a career in investment banking for life in a kitchen, earning acclaim at Hong Kong’s Chôm Chôm before moving back to Vietnam, a country he once fled as a young refugee.  Franklin calls his cooking “new Vietnamese” cuisine, riffing off the “new American” and “new Scandinavian” food movements that have taken off in the west. At Ănăn—Ho Chi Minh City’s first Michelin star restaurant—his freewheeling approach is evident in dishes like the Da Lat Pizza, a twist on an open-faced rice paper street food from Franklin’s hometown of Da Lat, and the Banh Xeo Taco with beef, reimagining Vietnamese crispy crepes in a hand-held format with meat cooked in Vietnamese bo kho (beef stew) seasoning.  There’s more to love than just the food. The restaurant spreads out across five levels of seating including a charming rooftop deck offering sweeping views of the District 1 neighborhood. Located on the third floor, the on-site cocktail bar Nhau Nhau (“drink, drink”) turns out specialty drinks like a Phojito—a mojito infused with classic pho spices like star anise and cinnamon.  ( 14 min )

Dedicated to the history of medicine and its transmission in the city of Toulouse, this museum houses a collection of instruments, paintings, and documents covering seven centuries of local and global history. With the Museum of Medical Devices, it shares a wing of the Hôtel Saint Jacques, a former hospital active since the 1100s with impressive architecture overlooking the river Garonne. The museum was founded in 1983 by Pr. Jean-Charles Auvergnat, who wanted to give the public an overview of the historical, scientific, technical, and artistic sides of medicine. The basement is dedicated to the history of the faculty of Toulouse, and how it was taught to students through the years. At the same time, the upper level showcases a former pharmacy with beautiful woodwork from the 19th century. The alliance of majestic architecture and high ceilings with old-fashioned museography gives a certain charm to the museum. There are several rare and surprising pieces, such as face moldings showcasing skin diseases, an 18th-century oil painting of a patient suffering from a gigantic hernia, and an abortion table from the Napoleonic era.  ( 13 min )

Vietnam is the world’s second-largest producer of coffee, and most of this comes from the central region of the country. A product of French colonialism, coffee is widely consumed by Vietnamese people, who congregate at the dozens of cafes on every city corner to re-energize, reconnect, and take respite from the heat. It’s a part of Vietnamese culture to take one’s time over coffee, which is brewed via a single-serving, slow-drip metal filter called a phin.  A small roaster with two locations in Saigon (one in District 1 and one in District 2), Hue Cafe offers all the classic styles of Vietnamese coffee: black, with condensed milk, blended with coconut and ice. But the standout is salt coffee, a specialty from the cafe’s namesake, Hue, the former imperial capital located in central Vietnam. The drink involves whipping cream into a salty fluff to accentuate the natural sweetness of the coffee.  Simple pleasure and relaxation is the essence of Hue Cafe, whose best location is on the shady, tree-lined strip of Xuân Thủy in the expat area of District 2. Order your coffee and enjoy it outside where all the regulars gather around on plastic stools and watch the bikes go by.  ( 13 min )

The Martinelli Building (or Edifício Martinelli in Portuguese), with its 28 floors, is the first skyscraper built in Brazil. Located in São Paulo, it is 105 meters tall. Construction began in 1924, and was completed in 1929. At the time of its opening, it was the tallest building in Latin America, and the largest concrete-framed building in the world. Although today it seems modest when compared to other huge buildings in the capital, the building designed by Italian businessman Giuseppe Martinelli carries with it tons of history and various curiosities. The news of the construction of the tallest building in the city brought terror to the people of São Paulo at the time. Still accustomed to smaller buildings, with up to four floors, residents of the region feared that the construction…  ( 13 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit an island in the South Pacific ... that no longer really exists. But we chat with a person who got to see volcanic Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai before it all but disappeared. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )

Ben Green, Freddie Manners and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our preprint “Sumsets and entropy revisited“. This paper uses entropy methods to attack the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa (PFR) conjecture, which we study in the following two forms: Conjecture 1 (Weak PFR over ) Let be a finite non-empty set whose doubling constant is at […]  ( 15 min )

Ben Green, Freddie Manners and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our preprint “Sumsets and entropy revisited“. This paper uses entropy methods to attack the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa (PFR) conjecture, which we study in the following two forms: Conjecture 1 (Weak PFR over ) Let be a finite non-empty set whose doubling constant is at […]  ( 15 min )

Ranking at the top for the 12th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 11 subject areas.  ( 6 min )

A “heat dome” is parked over Texas and Mexico and is sending temperatures soaring to record—and potentially deadly—levels

Computer modeling explains a key facet of bees’ decision-making skills—something only seen previously in humans and other primates

NOAA precipitation estimates that engineers and planners use to design bridges, roads and other infrastructure are decades out of date because of climate change

For most of us, aliens are a source of mystery and fun, which keeps them forever in vogue

It turns out there are two species of mysterious, venomous pygmy lorises

We scoured our equipment reviews to find some tested-and-recommended products that’d make excellent, thoughtful housewarming gifts.  ( 31 min )

Plus: Wisconsin Republicans continue with DEI related budget cut plan; Twin Cities has second worst air quality in the world; 28 years since Jodi Huisentruit went missing; "The Bear" features Minneapolis band; and more.  ( 7 min )

Yes. In celebration of Taylor Swift’s Minneapolis performances on June 23 and 24, 2023, the Minnesota Department of Transportation updated electric highway signs with “Taylor Swift related” content for the week.  ( 6 min )

No. The Make-a-Wish Foundation confirms former Sen. Al Franken's tweet was satire.  ( 6 min )

Stephanie Burrage is Minnesota's first equity officer.  ( 24 min )

Aby Wolf and Eric Mayson have been in each other’s musical orbit for 10 years now. This week, the two are celebrating their multi-context collaborative relationship with a show called SMASHuP!  ( 14 min )

In our newsroom, we produce stories that make a difference for our readers – whether it be pointing out legislation that could change their lives or a fun light-hearted story about Minnesota’s history and quirks.  ( 8 min )

It is an economic imperative that no worker remains on the periphery, particularly those from historically marginalized groups who have been underutilized for far too long.  ( 9 min )

Plus: Tuition hike for U of M students; Orono ousts hockey coach over coaching style; 3-year-old child dies weeks after crash; Moorhead to revamp downtown; and more.  ( 7 min )

Put aside ngdp targeting and other possible options, should be raise the target rate to three or possibly four percent?  No, as I argue in my latest Bloomberg column.  After some of the standard economic treatments, I also make a political economy argument: Might it be that a 4% steady state rate of inflation simply […] The post Is a two percent inflation target obsolete? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to The King of Pottawatomie, KS, 74852. Dear Anooj, ... by Equestrian In reply to Formerly K. To be fair Mm has a point if you are ... by LivelyClock In reply to Yancey Ward. Yep, 2% gives the Central bank room ... by ThatsNotAll In reply to Flex. Why? Are goods and services produced ... by LivelyClock In reply to Tom T.. 8% excluding food and energy (which went ... by OldCurmudgeon Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )

Yes, I will be doing a Conversation with him — so what should I ask? Here is Wikipedia if you need it. The post What should I ask Vishy Anand? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments What did your mother teach you about chess that you still make ... by Dear Knights and Dark Horses In reply to sathish. Good questions. Too many MR commenters ... by mkt42 In reply to Equestrian. Hi Heather, Turns out, I found some ... by The King Of Texas In reply to Sebastiao Thomaz. Victoria Stewart Sun, Jul 26, ... by Equestrian Do you think Epstein killed himself? by OldCurmudgeon Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Vishny Anand? What game theory predicts Game theory and the First World War  ( 6 min )

1. Noise pollution and killer whales. 2. “We estimate an MPC [marginal propensity to consume] out of unrealized crypto gains that is more than double the MPC out of unrealized equity gains but smaller than the MPC from exogenous cash flow shocks.” 3. Why so little recent progress on improved Covid vaccines? (NYT) 4. How […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to TMC. Noone who mounts an armed rebellion against ... by Hazel Meade In reply to RAD. Yeah, don't forget these people are masters ... by Hazel Meade In reply to mkt42. The thing is that Prigozhin was not really ... by Hazel Meade In reply to M. Valid point. The traditional mob execution ... by Hazel Meade 2. “We estimate an MPC [marginal propensity to consume] out ... by mkt42 Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

From a new paper in Cognitive Science: Most people in the United States agree they want some income inequality but debate exactly how much is fair. High-status people generally prefer more inequality than low-status individuals. Here we examine how much preferences for inequality are (or are not) driven by self-interest. Past work has generally investigated […] The post +1 For the Veil of Ignorance appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to M. The Chinese Imperial Exam was producing better ... by JC My mistake. I meant I would not just press the “like” ... by Thomas L Hutcheson In reply to Thomas L Hutcheson. Why not? 😳 It's a ... by EdR In reply to EdR. OK. I will not “like” this either. 🙂 by Thomas L Hutcheson In reply to RAD. This is a great comment. It's actually ... by Hazel Meade Plus 10 more... Related Stories Long-term relatedness and income distribution My Conversation with Noam Chomsky It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger  ( 7 min )

In just about any scientific literature, there is an undercurrent of tacit knowledge which is not very directly expressed in any of the published pieces.  That knowledge may cover the following issues, among many others: 1. How the rules of the conversation operate, and how a body of literature on a question coheres. 2. Why […] The post What does it mean to understand how a scientific literature is put together? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Jim Finch. These questions don't really operate ... by Evan In reply to kailer. Well I don’t know how patriarchs act, ... by anonprof In reply to Todd K. George Church is one of the most ... by P In reply to steve. Medical journals are so low quality. by Todd K In reply to Rich Berger. The replication crisis is separate ... by mkt42 Plus 10 more... Related Stories +1 For the Veil of Ignorance It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger Long-term relatedness and income distribution  ( 8 min )

Also private credit, the purpose of banking, bags of cash and biotech hedging.  ( 2 min )

Many films utilise a tight 24-hour time-frame to create a sense of urgency and intensity by depicting events happening (as close as possible) in real-time. Examples of this technique has been used in many genres such as: romance, comedies, drama and westerns. However, some of the most energetic, gripping and exciting stories held within 24-hours […]  ( 11 min )

Palko points to a ten-year-old post on 3-D printing. Here he is back in 2013: We’re talking about people (particularly journalists) who have an emotional, gee-whiz reaction to technology without really thinking seriously about the functionality. [They] can be spotted … Continue reading →  ( 15 min )

Since it opened in Montana on June 12, much of the country’s first constitutional climate case litigated before a judge has centered on the connection between climate change and harm alleged by the plaintiffs, who say their right to a “clean and healthful environment” has been violated by the state.  ( 13 min )

Today’s TidyTuesday is about place names as recorded by the US Board on Geographic Names. The dataset has been cleaned to include only populated places. library(tidyverse) # who doesn't want to be tidy? Continue reading: Tidy Tuesday: US Populated Places  ( 78 min )

Introduction Continue reading: The ave() Function in R  ( 11 min )

The R package simr has greatly facilitated power analysis for mixed-effects models using Monte Carlo simulation (i.e., hundreds or thousands of tests under slight variations of the data). The powerCurve function is used to estimate the statistical power for various sample sizes in one go. Since it runs serially, ... Continue reading: ggplotting power curves from simr package  ( 10 min )

Having just written about "Drainage issues" (6/25/23), with a graphic depiction of what causes the problem with the drainage system in question, I am emboldened finally to answer a question that one of my graduate students has been asking about for several years.  Namely, why do Chinese say "pull poo / shit / excrement" (lāshǐ […]  ( 8 min )

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Chinese mitten crabs are a delicacy among some seafood lovers: deeply savory, with a distinctive tinge of sweetness. Diners crack the shells open and eat the meat piping hot, dipped in rice vinegar and soy sauce with sliced ginger. The unique flavor of the crabs, most of which are grown in farms on China’s Yangtze River, is crucial to their popularity. When it comes to seafood, research shows that consumers prioritize taste above all else—including health benefits and environmental sustainability. “All other things sort of fall by the wayside,” says Grant Murray, a marine policy researcher at Duke University in North Carolina wh…  ( 15 min )

Tucked in a quiet industrial park in suburban Ohio, an office building holds some of humanity’s future food solutions. In the lobby, glass panels line a wall, each highlighting a significant achievement in food-production history, from the advent of deep-frying to the invention of canning to the development of pasteurization. This timeline is a good introduction for what lies farther inside: a company that’s creating 3-D printed foods. When I visited in August 2022, that company—BeeHex—was just one of the 18 teams selected to compete in the Phase II of the Deep Space Food Challenge, a contest sponsored by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency. The teams’ task: Create foods that will not only feed a crew of astronauts on a deep-space mission to Mars for at least three years but also improve …  ( 42 min )

Think of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—what comes to mind? High school English class? If you’re a fan, maybe "Paul Revere’s Ride” or “A Psalm of Life”? Beyond being one of America’s most famous poets, the twice-married Longfellow, who died in 1882, also holds an iconic and unlikely place in queer history. Steps away from Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is Longfellow House, a stately Georgian home owned by his family (and eventually a trust they established) from 1843 to 1972. It was a home, but also a gathering place for artists and thinkers, and something more. Its archives contain a trove of documents about LGBTQ+ history. Several members of the Longfellow family, including the poet’s brother, daughter, and grandson, were, as park ranger Kate Potter puts it, “not straight.” Lu…  ( 22 min )

It was at this location on October 25, 2002, that a plane carrying U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife Sheila, daughter Marcia, three campaign staffers, and two pilots crashed while attempting to land at Eleventh, Minnesota, killing all eight. The two-time Democrat Senator for Minnesota was on the campaign trail, and was due to appear in Duluth that evening for a debate, but made a detour to Eleventh to attend the funeral of Martin Rukavina, a steelworker whose son Tom, served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.    The son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, the fiery senator was described by The Economist as the soul of the Democratic Party, fighting for progressive causes, no matter the odds. Despite his leftist populist leanings, Wellstone garnered respect and admiration from bot…  ( 14 min )

A historic building in the neighborhood of Bixiga, in São Paulo, was once the setting for a horror story, which is reminiscent of the script for the movie The Shining: a woman lived there alone, from childhood until her death. No wonder the mansion became famous for being haunted, inspiring legends, and terrifying local children. It’s Casa de Dona Yayá, the house arrest of an orphan with a tragic fate. A residence where important clans from São Paulo's past passed, the house had the traditional Melo Freire family as its last residents: the politician and farmer Manuel de Almeida Melo Freire, coming from Mogi das Cruzes, moved there in 1921 with his wife and four children. And it didn't take long for serial misfortunes to happen under that roof.  Little Sebastiana was one of Manuel's da…  ( 13 min )

Model Trains Station in Taylors, South Carolina, is indeed a unique destination. They are located in a restored industrial park and to begin with, it is a spectacular place, the restoration is gorgeous. It's noticeably industrial but fully functional as a mixed-use space with restaurants, event spaces, and more. They feature over a dozen full displays of miniature train layouts. You could honestly spend days peering at these tiny worlds, seeing new things every time you look. There are hidden bits and little jokes in every display. It's extremely kid friendly, they even have several interactive setups specifically for children to operate. They also have a party room where they host birthday parties. Speaking of setups to operate, getting to play with the trains is not just for kids. They have dozens of spots where you can interact with the displays and even operate the trains themselves. There is an in-house repair shop and watching volunteers repair the trains is as interesting as the displays themselves. The volunteers are so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the various displays and will take you all around pointing things out and telling you about the history of the place and the trains. They will give you as much or as little of a guided tour as you wish.  ( 13 min )

On 27 acres along US Route 2 west of Bangor, you will find Camp Etna, home to the Etna Spiritualist Association.  It has been an American gathering center for mediums, healers, and others for close to 170 years. American spiritualism emerged in the late 1800s. Some early practitioners were proven as frauds, but the movement grew in the American Northeast. Records of meetings officially begin in 1876 but the camp’s history dates back to the 1840s. By 1876 spiritualists would arrive every summer for meetings and lectures from the leading thinkers of the day, with an entry fee of ten cents a day. The camp was born as some attendees put down firmer roots. The peak of the camp was in the early 1900s, with more than 130 cottages, with thousands attending summer camp activities.  The Etna Spiritualist Association was born in September 1919. The camp also was involved early in the women’s rights/feminist movement, with female camp members visible in many issues. Prominent visitors have included Harrison D. Barrett, the first president of the U.S. National Spiritualist Association, and U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith. The camp was given a Maine Governor’s Day proclamation in 1911.  In the camp, there is a large memorial stone for Mary S. Vanderbilt, who died in 1911. Her grave and headstone are in Barrett Square. Mary Drake Jenne worked with them from 1902 until Harrison passed to spirit in 1911 and Mary Vanderbilt in 1919. Mary Drake Jenne continued to be a worker for Spiritualism until her death in 1946. Visitors are welcome to park, explore, and even take the short downhill walk to Etna Pond to the north. There are many cottages throughout the camp, approximately 50, in various states of repair, centered around the camp green.  If interested in more on Camp Etna, see Mira Ptacin’s 2019 The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Medums, and Legends of Camp Etna.  ( 13 min )

Opened in 1982, Galerías Plaza de las Estrellas was one of Mexico City's first indoor shopping malls. In order to stand out from its competitors, a Walk of Fame was installed inside. Some peculiar prints are to be found here, boxer Julio César Chávez left his right fist, for example. A TV presenter known mononymously as Facundo, famous for his provocative, often controversial gonzo reporting style, left one hand doing the ILY sign, while the other raises its middle finger. These make a fair amount of sense, but there are some that require more explanation. The character of El Compayito is somewhat similar to Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, as it is played by the performer's hand, with him voicing it almost like a ventriloquist. However, whereas Triumph was a puppet, Compayito was a bare ha…  ( 14 min )

Edinburgh has been a city known for its centuries of intellectual leadership, and which includes research into astronomy. The subject had been taught in Edinburgh since 1583, and in 1818, Playfair Observatory was built on Carlton Hill by the Astronomical Institution of Edinburgh. King George IV was sufficiently impressed with astronomy in Scotland that, when he visited in 1822, he designated Carlton Hill as the Royal Observatory. The first Astronomer Royal for Scotland, who managed the observatory, was Thomas Henderson. Appointed in 1834, Henderson was also known for being the first astronomer to measure the distances to stars using parallax (the slight shifting of the position of nearby stars relative to background stars seen when the Earth was in different locations in its orbit). Afte…  ( 14 min )

Anyone who has studied the assassination of President Lincoln or understands the background of the phrase “His name is mud (Mudd)” will understand the irony of this bench which is located across from the house where President Lincoln stayed before the Gettysburg Address. In 1865, Samuel Alexander Mudd Sr. was an American physician imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. “His name is mud.” is spoken of one regarded unfavorably and inaccurately associated with the 1865 Dr. Samuel Mudd, who treated John Wilkes Booth after Booth shot Lincoln. But the good news is while the initial thought might be “How inappropriate!”, this bench was actually placed with noble intentions to honor Gettysburg resident Samuel A. Mudd, who passed away in 2006. A member of the St. James Lutheran Church in Gettysburg, he was very involved with community service at the neighborhood, borough, and county levels. In 2006, Dr. Mudd was awarded the John Andrews Memorial Award for Community Service by Main Street Gettysburg. He was a founder of  From the Ground Up, a group of dedicated volunteers who collect litter throughout the borough. He was also one of the founders of the Hazel Alley Residents Association, a group dedicated to working with Gettysburg College students living off campus to create a safer, more cooperative, neighborhood. Dr. Mudd also contributed his time to the Seeds to Success program run by SCCAP. He served for many years on the Borough's Planning Commission.  ( 13 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, Gastro Obscura fellow and writer Sam Lin-Sommer tells us the story of the fascist war on pasta and its surprisingly delicious legacy. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 14 min )

Among our crosswords and other puzzles, we'll be featuring logic challenges from Puzzle Communication Nikoli, a cult-favorite puzzle publication from Japan. A PDF of the puzzle, as well as the solution, can be downloaded below. The name of the puzzle Dosun-Fuwari basically contains the instructions, with a little wink. Each word is considered onomatopoeia in Japan. Dosun represents heavy objects sinking, while fuwari is for light objects floating. It’s the only puzzle in the pages of Japan’s influential reader-driven puzzle magazine, Puzzle Communication Nikoli, that has this clever distinction. The puzzle was created in 2015 by the reader and puzzle creator with the pseudonym Longlife, who is responsible for several new puzzles over the last decade or so, including another popular o…  ( 13 min )

Team Ratings for Round 18 The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Panthers 11.33 12.99 -1.70 Storm 7.60 11.21 -3.60 Eels 7.54 6.78 0.80 Rabbitohs […] NRL Predictions for Round 18 first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 6 min )

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Star formation peaked around 4Gyr after the Big Bang, Earth formed around 5.5Gyr later, and Earth is now 4.5Gyr old. The usual theory is that life arose within Earth’s first 0.4Gyr, but another possibility is that life first arose on a planet Eden around a star that formed near that 4Gyr peak. A rock then smashed into Eden, kicking off another rock holding life, which drifted to seed Earth’s stellar nursery.

The cash is a staggering sum of money compared to prior state and federal spending on broadband internet access in Minnesota. It should help move the state closer to goals in state law for universal access.  ( 14 min )

Yes. Minneapolis police have recorded 4,328 motor vehicle thefts as of June 25, 2023, compared to 2,388 by this time in 2022. Such thefts averaged 2,052 per year by this date over the past three years.  ( 6 min )

Plus: Lunds & Byerlys union members to stage a work stoppage; attending the Reclaiming Our Identities powwow; MHD announces an alert about frozen oysters; former MPD Chief Tony Bouza dies; and more.  ( 7 min )

If done right, the walk-up window experience can be mildly revolutionary, forging light public connections that we desperately need.  ( 21 min )

Low pay and limited training pushes mental health professionals away from working with young people. But amid fears of a youth mental health crisis, the U.S. government is pumping new money into programs designed to help.  ( 28 min )

As a foreign student from Yemen going to Gay 90’s for the first time I experienced some cultural challenges and because I don't drink (alcohol is forbidden in Yemen), when I went to Gay 90’s, I got “drunk” on actions instead.  ( 13 min )

It was 1970, and Hennepin County clerk Gerald R. Nelson rejected their application.  ( 11 min )

Minnesota is in a boom of multifamily housing, but there's nothing for people to buy.  ( 13 min )

While police officers and paramedics have some training in assisting individuals struggling with mental illness, these situations are often beyond their expertise, and in many cases, taking this route for assistance can be less direct or effective and sometimes dangerous.  ( 21 min )

MinnPost’s journalists cut through the noisy bluster of modern politics and media to serve as your trusted guide to the critical challenges and opportunities facing our state.  ( 7 min )

Aristotle’s wisdom in times of generative AI worries.  ( 16 min )

Feed your brain the distractions you want it to have — and be more productive Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 8 min )

How to write off your characters with care: 12 categories of common character deaths Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 30 min )

From turning down Steven Spielberg to directing a slasher for Roger Corman, the filmmaker had seemingly done it all before she was thirty… Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 33 min )

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A cancer researcher who was terminated from one postdoc position and resigned another faked data in multiple papers and grant applications, according to the U.S. Office of Research Integrity.  ORI found that Yiorgos (Georgios) I. Laliotis “engaged in research misconduct by intentionally and knowingly falsifying and/or fabricating data, methods, results, and conclusions” in three published … Continue reading Fired OSU postdoc charged with forgery admitted to faking data, feds say  ( 7 min )

After reading an economics paper that claimed to document an increase in the rate of rape in European countries following the passage of prostitution bans, a data scientist had questions.  The scientist, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent a detailed email to an editor of the Journal of Law and Economics, which had published the … Continue reading Editor won’t investigate data concerns about paper linking anti-prostitution laws to increased rape  ( 10 min )

A brain scientist and a philosopher have resolved a wager on consciousness that was made when Bill Clinton was president

Solar power has been crucial to keeping the power on in Texas while the state experiences a major heat wave, even as some politicians have attempted to make it more difficult to connect renewable energy to the grid

Privately owned space colonies are more likely to be totalitarian nightmares than libertarian utopias

A Western lifestyle seems to diminish the diversity of gut microbes

Professional and amateur astronomers alike are hoping that Comet C/2023 A3 will sparkle in Earth’s skies in the fall of 2024, although comets are notoriously difficult to predict

A vast expanse of the Indian Ocean is a staggering 100 meters lower than the global average sea level because of a major dip in Earth’s gravity. Scientists now think they know the cause

Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake.

From Omer Ali, Klaus Desmet, and Romain Wacziarg: We study whether anger fuels the rise of populism. Anger as an emotion tends to act as a call to action against individuals or groups that are blamed for negative situations, making it conducive to voting for populist politicians. Using a unique dataset tracking emotions for a […] The post It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.        Related Stories Long-term relatedness and income distribution A mild return for Danish phrenology? My Conversation with Noam Chomsky  ( 6 min )

1. Philosopher wins bet against neuroscientist. 2. Braunschweig! The list of important intellectual centers, and their ranking, is interesting more generally. 3. Nushi?  I don’t know anyone named Nushi. 4. Harry Markowitz, RIP (NYT) 5. Some economics of paying Wagner Group? 6. Claims about ChatGLM (the Chinese ChatGPT).  Further verification required. The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments 女士. Madame. I notice 先生 (xian sheng/Mr) isn’t ... by Clay In reply to Prof. Emeritus. Hey, 3 billion here, 3 billion ... by M 4. Markowitz was inspired to study economics “in part by ... by rayward In reply to Prof. Emeritus. Yes, how do we know that Russia ... by Steven In reply to mkt42. There is some mention of it being a Hindu ... by Hazel Meade Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

How easy is it for a male breadwinner to raise a family? Oren Cass argues that the cost of “thriving,” is increasing. That’s false. When you do the numbers correctly, Winship and Horpedahl show that the cost of thriving is falling. It’s falling more slowly than we would like–but it’s still the case that current […] The post The Harried Leisure Class appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Floccina. More police doesn’t help much if you ... by Engineer In reply to Floccina. At least one difference is in those ... by EdR In reply to Time equals freedom. The only people I know who ... by California In reply to TMC. The more relevant point is that 1980 – or ... by gjk In reply to Michael Stack. Particularly when you consider the ... by OldCurmudgeon Plus 10 more... Related Stories Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity? Is American Culture Becoming More Pro-Business? High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota  ( 8 min )

This article explores the role of long-term relatedness between countries, captured by an index of genetic distance, in driving worldwide differences in income inequality. The main hypothesis is that genetic distance gives rise to barriers to the international diffusion of redistributive policies and measures, and institutions, leading to greater income disparities. Using cross-country data, I […] The post Long-term relatedness and income distribution appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to dearieme. Once you pay back the Danegeld, you are ... by M What is amazing to me are places like Orania and Mennonite ... by MyTyrone Once the Danes start paying reparations for all their Viking ... by dearieme In reply to Steve Sailer. Good points. The study does have ... by Bill Allen In reply to Steve Sailer. I think genetic homogeneity also ... by Formerly K Plus 10 more... Related Stories Update on the War on Poverty A mild return for Danish phrenology? It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger  ( 6 min )

The author is Aditya Balasubramanian and the subtitle is Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India.  Amartya Sen’s blurb says the following: Toward a Free Economy is a brilliant history of economic ideas in independent India. It provides a new view of the origins of conservatism in Indian politics, libertarian rather than authoritarian and committed […] The post *Toward a Free Economy* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments “Democracy’s persistence in India is uncommon among ... by blue jay “Free” economy reminds me of Mr. Jefferson's idea of ... by rayward I met a pleasant young Indian guy, recently arrived on ... by peri Interesting overlap with Janos Kornai's manifesto for economic ... by Ant The one point sorely missing in modern Indian politics is a ... by Rahul Plus 3 more...  ( 7 min )

Also Bittrex customer claims, expert networks in China and fractional art trading.  ( 2 min )

(this post is by Charles) This September, the Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics is holding its 5th Summer School on Advanced Bayesian Methods. The event is set to take place in Leuven, Belgium. From their webpage: As before, the … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )

Kasper Planeta Kepp writes: This is perhaps of interest, as I saw you discussed these methods in your blog. The reason we don’t have confidence intervals on the linear regressions is that these are smaller than the uncertainty from time … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )

Global participation in MIT RAISE’s free K-12 program more than doubles in its second year.  ( 11 min )

Continue reading: %dofuture% – a Better foreach() Parallelization Operator than %dopar%  ( 23 min )

Mustafa Cavus, organizer of the Eskisehir R User Group, in Turkey, discussed the diverse and thriving R community in Eskisehir. He shared the details of a 4-day event hosted by... Continue reading: R for Predictive Modeling and Data Visualization in Turkey  ( 14 min )

R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Tidy Freedom Index as an R Package  ( 9 min )

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Recently, I encountered a situation where I needed to translate an Access SQL query to R, and I noticed the contrasting behaviors of these two languages when it comes to handling NA/NULL values in left joins. The impact of NA/NULL values on joins... Continue reading: The differences of left join in SQL and R  ( 13 min )

Durves “A tool for creating and exporting dot patterns...” StatiCrypt (github) 📌 “Password protect a static HTML page” Minimal Reader (github) 📌 “Simple browser-based ebook reader.” h123 - Accessibility HTML5 Outliner 📌 “bookmarklet that shows headings like a screenreader (Accessbility)” Glow “Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻”  ( 1 min )

It cranks fast and easy, and has adjustable precision grinding.  ( 11 min )

Article by Melanie Lidman in The Times of Israel (6/17/23): Groundbreaking AI project translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform at push of a button ‘Google Translate’-like program for Akkadian cuneiform will enable tens of thousands of digitized but unread tablets to be translated to English. Accuracy is debatable. Opening and key paragraphs: Cuneiform is the oldest known form […]  ( 10 min )

I asked my son to pilot test my research survey. Twice. I technically owe him $5, despite having just covered the security deposit on his Brooklyn apartment (he starts a Math Ph.D. program in NYC late August). As I detailed in a previous post, the survey asks participants to identify the race, ethnicity, and gender […]  ( 11 min )

I'm slowly cooking up a big stew of ideas connecting Grothendieck's Galois theory to the Brauer 3-group, the tenfold way, the foundations of quantum physics and more. Here's a tiny taste.  ( 16 min )

I'm slowly cooking up a big stew of ideas connecting Grothendieck's Galois theory to the Brauer 3-group, the tenfold way, the foundations of quantum physics and more. Here's a tiny taste.  ( 16 min )

Because older adults are under-represented in clinical trials, doctors can’t be certain that approved cancer drugs will work as intended in this age group. In the absence of high-quality evidence, researchers are looking for ways to improve medical decision-making and better predict outcomes based on age.  ( 15 min )

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This quick and easy green bean side dish comes together in just minutes with the help of your broiler and some Spanish romesco sauce. seriouseats.com/dry-fried-gr…

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RobWords for June 24, 2023: The word eggcorn was originally proposed in "Egg corns: folk etymology, malapropism, mondegreen, ???", 9/23/2003, and most recently discussed in "Ancient Eggcorns", 6/17/2023.  ( 6 min )

From John Rohsenow: qǐng wù zài běn cāntīng nèi jìnshí fēi Màiduōlè shípǐn huò yǐnliào 请勿在本餐厅内进食非麦多乐食品或饮料 "Please do not consume non-Madola food or drink in this restaurant" Pretty straightforward, eh?  Except that we have to explain that Madola (Màiduōlè 麦多乐 [lit., "wheat-much-music"]) is probably a local (fast) food brand trying to emulate McDonald's (Màidāngláo 麦当劳).  Madola […]  ( 7 min )

Photograph taken in Hong Kong: The Chinese says: qúwù wèntí gù zhǐ néng zuò xiǎojiě   jìngqǐng hézuò渠務問題故只能作小解  敬請合作"Since there are drainage problems, can only be used for urination.  Your cooperation is respectfully requested."   BTW: GT:  "The drainage problem can only be explained briefly, please cooperate." Baidu Fanyi:  "Due to drainage issues, we can […]  ( 7 min )

From AntC: Seen in a very typical (but delicious) corner eatery in downtown Hualien, Taiwan. Surprisingly idiomatic translation: "use sparingly" in Hualien GTranslate isn't so idiomatic; I'm not able to try DeepL — any better? I agree with AntC that "use sparingly" is a strikingly fine English expression, one that does not seem possible from a […]  ( 9 min )

Nancy Kathryn Walecki, "Sound as Ever: Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock", Harvard Magazine July-August 2023: During Parsons’s Burritos era, Thomas left Harvard to write his dissertation in a cabin on Mount Baldy outside Los Angeles. Now more of an older brother to Parsons than a proctor, he would take study breaks with […]  ( 8 min )

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Trump up 5, DeSantis down 9 since April NBC poll. The indictment does not appear to have hurt Trump among Republican voters — in fact if anything, it has helped! nitter.net/SteveKornacki/status/1672952793970409473#m

Donald Trump isn't a traditional candidate. @amyewalter argues that it is harder for traditional polls or campaigns to find the most compelling case against him. cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…

In the battle for the Senate, Washington Republicans are touting wounded Army veteran Sam Brown as a top-tier recruit in Nevada. But in-state GOP operatives have lingering doubts, @JessicaTaylor writes. cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…

"The independents who will make the difference in this election are deeply conflicted." @CharlieCookDC explains what keeps them wavering: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…

The latest in our state-by-state House series is Iowa, where Republicans start as favorites in all four seats after a clean sweep in 2022. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…

A new collection of essays by Rene Girard: Edited by Cynthia L. Haven, self-recommending, buy it here. The post *All Desire is a Desire for Being* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.        Related Stories My Conversation with Noam Chomsky What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? Rereading *Jane Eyre*  ( 6 min )

1. AI plug-ins now boosting DeFi. 2. Charles Fain Lehman offers an update on America’s drug problem. 3. A defense of embryo selection. 4. A theory of degenerate autocracy.  And was Velina Tchakarova right all along? 5. Henry Petroski, RIP (NYT). 6. IPOs for paintings? (WSJ) 7. Ross Douthat argues for debating Kennedy (NYT).  And […] The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to John Smith. There are a few intuitions that let ... by OldCurmudgeon In reply to rsm. Because you are mentally ill or maybe you ... by EdR “4. […] And was Velina Tchakarova right all along?” ... by mkt42 In reply to TGGP. Japan's governance until WW 2 was a hybrid ... by mkt42 In reply to rsm. One of the things about inflation is that ... by the king of Texas Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him.  So what should I ask? The post What should I ask Paul Graham? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In Marc Andressen's CWT, Marc and Tyler discuss how the ... by corin wagen Is there a counter example to his general thesis of identifying ... by Sam Brown Paul has described Jessica as a good judge of character, and ... by Arvin Johansson Arbab In reply to Well. So much of it comes down to needing 500 ... by ABC In reply to knownastron. Do only cities send messages? What ... by Nick Plus 10 more... Related Stories What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? India bots to the rescue Web 3.0 has a future after all  ( 6 min )

I was struck by a recent article in the (often quite interesting) New Statesman.  Here is Harry Lambert interviewing Hinton: I asked Hinton for the strongest argument against his own position [on AGI risk]. “Yann thinks its rubbish,” he replied. “It’s all a question of whether you think that when ChatGPT says something, it understands […] The post What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to sxb. I agree it's time to retire the paperclip ... by Tyle I think Hinton is wrong but I really appreciate his willingness ... by Ted It's becoming clear that with all the brain and consciousness ... by Grant Castillou In reply to Old Programmer. There are countless alternatives ... by Jonathan S Jump in a time machine to 1920. Start asking various folks if ... by aaron Plus 10 more... Related Stories *All Desire is a Desire for Being* What should I ask Paul Graham? Elephant tusks, incentives, and the sacred  ( 8 min )

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"Hey I saw you form across the room and I wanted to say just this. Remember you are loved. You are important. You are God" - dr. House MD

Think beyond seafood—creamy, tangy, and briny tartar sauce is good on so many things. seriouseats.com/tartar-sauce…

Versatile whipped feta cheese can be served as a dip, slathered on toasts and sandwiches, dolloped into soups, and more. seriouseats.com/whipped-feta…

Chicken breast's tendency to dry out has given it a bad reputation. But cooked properly, it can be juicy and flavorful. Here's how to treat it right. seriouseats.com/chicken-brea…

Skip the booze and cool off with these 17 nonalcoholic drink recipes. seriouseats.com/nonalcoholic…

Puffy yeast-raised pita bread, perfect for splitting and filling with your choice of ingredients, is easy to make at home. seriouseats.com/perfect-pita…

You've got to try Spain's custardy, crunchy, and creamy way to turn toast into a decadent treat. seriouseats.com/torrijas-car…

Chicken piccata takes a beloved food—pan-fried chicken cutlets—and tops it with a simple but luxurious lemon-butter pan sauce. seriouseats.com/chicken-picc…

Guasacaca is the Venezuelan answer to guacamole, but with a brighter, tangier flavor. seriouseats.com/guasacaca-re…

What's the best substitute for buttermilk? We put a handful of common recommendations to the test. seriouseats.com/how-to-subst…

From Korean fire chicken to Canadian poutine, our favorite snacks from around the world that are perfect for setting out for game day. seriouseats.com/savory-snack…

Genuinely the first record my parents bought me 😀 “I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will”

Enjoying Brandon Flowers with Elton John. #Glastonbury

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Blown away by how good Chrissie Hynde sounded yesterday. Effortlessly cool ❤️

I never knew that I needed Rick Astley and Blossoms covering The Smiths, but yesterday's set was absolutely joyous 👊

Stop feeling dirty about using AI in your writing workflow Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 20 min )

It’s the easiest way to attract readers and make your words stick Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )

Two uses of “so” and how to punctuate it in different instances Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )

Do you know the difference between features and benefits in headlines? It’s the difference between so-so and success. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )

Over a year ago, while listing to a very not-at-all-statistical podcast, I discovered that Bayesian modeling is widely used in archaeology since the mid 90s to calibrate carbon dating.1 Continue reading: Order Constraints in Bayes Models (with brms)  ( 40 min )

Two rival theories about the basis of perception went head-to-head in a series of neuroscience experiments, but advocates of the "losing" idea aren't conceding yet. scim.ag/37Q

The idea behind thermal batteries is to feed surplus wind or solar electricity to a heating element, which boosts the temperature of a liquid metal bath or a graphite block to several thousand degrees. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/37K  ( 1 min )

Bizarre six-legged creatures and other “surprising discoveries” are beginning to clarify evolution after the Biological Big Bang. scim.ag/37F

Soot from deadly Australian bushfires in 2019–20 may have tipped the world into a surprise La Niña. scim.ag/37z

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A hybrid nanofiber gel described in @ScienceAdvances could act as an artificial scaffold for regenerating neural connections after spinal cord injury. scim.ag/37M

Crops grown without sunlight could help feed astronauts bound for Mars, and someday supplement dinner plates on Earth. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/37H

Despite the importance of nonhuman primates, reference genomes have been sequenced in <10% of species. scim.ag/37C #PrimateGenomes

David Wates has left Wycombe Wanderers after nine years to become Lead Physical Performance Coach @QPR #QPR trainingground.guru/bulletin…

"I still get jokes about the Green Party thing, but I just lost faith in the two big parties. We lack leaders with empathy and emotional intelligence." trainingground.guru/articles…

Good message for Southampton fans here... trainingground.guru/articles…

"It started by reading this book (The Buddha, Geoff and Me), which is about a guy who’s at a low point and meets Geoff. No-one would realise that Geoff practices Buddhism - he smokes, he drinks and is just a good guy." #SaintsFC trainingground.guru/articles…

There’s a time we all have in our careers where you need someone to come off a bench and give you some help…slightly more difficult when you are on a public stage but how wonderful to see so many people step in to help 👌 nitter.net/BBCR1/status/1672738119064645632#m

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Assuming the misconduct accusations in the "LLM aces MIT paper" are true, why does MIT allow so many dodgy clout chasers to be adjunct faculty?  ( 1 min )

Next to comedies, more than any other, the horror genre has been historically critically undervalued, perceived unfairly as comic and dispensable. In spite of the validity of its devoted following, harsher critics go so far as to nullify horror’s purpose, snobbishly mocking it. What they’ve failed to recognise is, beyond the arbitrary artifice, these stories […]  ( 9 min )

Import coffee prices declined 2.6 percent for year ended May 2023, following large increases bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/import… #BLSdata

There are projected to be 146,400 librarians in the year 2031! Stop by our booth today at #ALAAC23 to learn more about our career resources or check out our Occupational Outlook Handbook at bls.gov/ooh/education-traini…

About two years ago I wrote entitled “A Return”, upon moving to Princeton for a year (I was a Presidential Visiting Scholar at the Physics department). I reflected upon the fact that it was a return to a significant place from my past, where I’d been transformed in so many ways. Princeton was the first place I visited (not counting airports) in the USA, the location of my first postdoctoral appointment (at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)), and its was there that I did a deep enriching dive into the hubbub of Theoretical Physics, at one of the very top places in the world to do so.a post After that, I moved West, to Santa Barbara, where my next postdoc position was at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), now called the KITP. I was very lucky to be able to go from one top place to another, and (as I’ve recently talked about in a BBC interview ) additionally, my field was in a delicious turmoil of activity and discovery. I was able to be a part of the maelstrom (the “Second Superstring Revolution”, and all the gifts it gave us, including better understanding of the role in quantum gravity of extended objects beyond strings (such as D-branes), the physics of quantum black holes, the tools to unlock the holographic nature of quantum gravity more generally (through AdS/CFT), and so on. (I've blogged about many of these topics here, so use the search tool for more.)here I’ve been known to say that Princeton was the place where I found my physics voice (Edward Witten was a key guide at that time). Well, to continue the theme, Santa Barbara (with its wonderful research group made up of people from both the KITP and the wider Physics Department) was the place where I started to learn how to use that voice to sing (with the guidance of Joe Polchinski (who sadly passed away a few years ago)). Well, as you may be guessing after that long introduction, I’m doing “A Return” again, but this time not with some boxes and suitcases of things for a year’s stay: I can now announce that I’ll be leaving the University of Southern California (USC) and (as of 1st July 2023) joining [...] Click to continue reading this post → The post appeared first on .A Return (Again)Asymptotia  ( 11 min )

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR #COLT2023 many authors are not able to make it to this year's COLT due to visa issues. as we are trying to avoid virtual presentations, these authors need to find someone who can present their talks / posters. pls sign up if you can help!!

"And no, GPT-4 cannot get an MIT degree" nitter.net/sauhaarda/status/1672714475659722754#m

John Williams writes: Here is an example of climate scientists pointing out that something they discovered doesn’t exist; seems like a good example for your blog. He’s linking to a post by Michael Mann, who writes: Two decades ago, in … Continue reading →  ( 13 min )

The greyhound racing industry has been implicated in the rise of drug resistance in hookworms—which can infect dogs and humans trib.al/fVyoe2Y

Get your tickets!! We are on our way!! @OldNatlCentre @LennyMarcusNYC @CookieHull it’s a stone cold blast!!

Bruno Fernandes led the Premier League for: @RyanRyanBenson  ( 1 min )

Thanks Elon, really great stuff

Nathaniel Osgood will give a talk about category theory for public health software on Thursday June 29, 10:00-11:00 Pacific Time.  ( 3 min )

Nathaniel Osgood will give a talk about category theory for public health software on Thursday June 29, 10:00-11:00 Pacific Time.  ( 3 min )

The Topos Institute has a colloquium every week. This time it’s by my old grad school pal Nate Osgood. He’s a computer scientist, he helped lead Canada’s COVID modeling effort… … and he is now spear-heading a project to develop software that uses ideas from category theory to make it easier to create models of […]  ( 8 min )

There were a couple of interesting and controversial things afoot this week in the condensed matter world. There was a new from the group of at the University of Illinois Chicago featuring electronic transport measurements in samples of the made from Lu-N-H, samples synthesized by the group of .  This was mentioned as a potential confirmation of the room temperature superconductivity result by the .  Plotting the full raw data that goes with the new preprint, however, certainly gives many people (including me) pause.  The raw resistance vs temperature sweep traces have unphysically narrow (in temperature) drops to and rises from zero, as shown.  Obviously I don't know with complete certainty, but this looks exactly like what would be seen if one of the contacts was bad.  Time will tel…  ( 10 min )

Blitz games on the internet are a lot of fun, if you love chess as I do. Perhaps a good share of the fun is due to the complete chaos that may arise, when you have few seconds left on the clock and decisions have to be taken instantly. But sometimes you may happen to play correct chess, too. It is exceedingly rare, and when it happens it is a good indication that you have been able to hold on to clear strategic ideas leading your play into the correct decisions. read more  ( 5 min )

Talk about throwing someone under the bus! Even the non-godfathers of AI are at war. nitter.net/NeilDeshmukh/status/1672714015133544449#m

The godfathers of AI have always been at war. piped.video/watch?v=mlXzufEk…

Read both following volumes of Peter May’s Lewis trilogy, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen. The stories remain focussed on the same few characters as in the first volume, with some predictable developments and a rather heavy borrowing to the local history in the shape of a peat-bog mommy or a plane crash. And of […]  ( 7 min )

Read both following volumes of Peter May’s Lewis trilogy, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen. The stories remain focussed on the same few characters as in the first volume, with some predictable developments and a rather heavy borrowing to the local history in the shape of a peat-bog mommy or a plane crash. And of […]  ( 7 min )

Brewing hot drip coffee directly onto ice is one of the best ways to make iced coffee, and it couldn't be easier. seriouseats.com/japanese-sty…

While often made with pork, the French spread called rillettes is even more elegant (and easy) to make with salmon. seriouseats.com/salmon-rille…

Our favorite tips for elevating boxed brownies to a level you didn’t even think was possible. seriouseats.com/how-to-make-…

These thin and lacy cookies are oh-so-slightly crisp around the edges, with chewy middles that are nutty and rich. seriouseats.com/lacy-brown-b…

Queso fresco is a delicious, milky, fresh cheese that is a breeze to make. It doesn't melt, so it's a great cheese for grilling in cubes or slices, and is awesome crumbled over soups or salads. seriouseats.com/queso-fresco…

Peeling and slicing mangoes can be tricky: They're slippery, the pit is awkward, and the skin doesn't want to peel from the fruit easily. Here's the best way to do it neatly. seriouseats.com/how-to-cut-a…

This is how you make fettuccine Alfredo like the Romans. It's an incredibly simple and quick dish with only a few key ingredients: pasta, butter, and cheese. seriouseats.com/fettuccine-a…

Here’s why we seriously advise against bamboo cutting boards—and what to buy instead (with tested recommendations). seriouseats.com/are-bamboo-c…

An improved setup for skewers brings these grilled wings closer to the heat, while a marinade based on Turkish hot pepper paste infuses them with roasted-chili flavor. seriouseats.com/grilled-turk…

The Topos Institute has a colloquium every week. This time it’s by my old grad school pal Nate Osgood. He’s a computer scientist, he helped lead Canada’s COVID modeling effort… … and he is now spear-heading a project to develop software that uses ideas from category theory to make it easier to create models of […]  ( 8 min )

Prigozhin is going to Belarus, where he will live on a big farm in the country and play all day with the other hot dog salesmen. nitter.net/DanielBerman2/status/1672702894523535361#m

All crime is legal 6pm - 8am.

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Galeev rises to the occasion, as we all knew he would: nitter.net/kamilkazani/status/1672587528413519872#m

Cable networks: I’m a longtime Russia & Ukraine expert available for interviews. Sample opinion: “This shit is seriously fucked up, there’s no telling what is going to happen, that’s for fucking sure.”

You’re laughing? A bald hot dog salesman named Yevgeny who’s also a billionaire is trying to kill a slightly less bald billionaire he used to work for with a 25,000-man mercenary force and you’re laughing?

the classic "hot dog salesman to supermarket mogul to mercenary army" arc

I sampled some RC Cola a few weeks ago. It wasn't bad, but I will always be a Protestant. nitter.net/Super70sSports/status/1672392725222637569#m

Memoir is truth — as you remember it Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )

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Scientists have delineated how a biochemical modification enables macrophages to neutralize and clear out the bacterium responsible for #tuberculosis–a discovery that could facilitate therapeutic research for this widespread health burden. @SciSignal scim.ag/37y

"Absurd statements … are a trap for scientists." @hholdenthorp in a new Editor's Blog post. scim.ag/37t

Artificial light at night has variable and complex impacts on plants and animals, disrupting entire ecosystems, according to a new #ScienceReview. scim.ag/37k #LightPollution

New @SciSignal research in rodents deciphers how infections with #SARSCoV2 in the lungs generate systemic antiviral responses—and suggests that these responses may help limit the virus from spreading to other organs. #COVID19 scim.ag/37f

Rats enjoy music at the same beat as humans, according to a @ScienceAdvances study, hinting at inherent neural processing across species. scim.ag/37d

Last year, a seagrass meadow stemming from a single hybrid plant extended its reach across more than 180 kilometers—an area the size of Washington, D.C. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/37v

A technique based on #AI can translate brain scans into words and sentences. scim.ag/37q

An analysis of the oldest human remains found in Puerto Rico shed light on the lives and rituals of the island’s early inhabitants. scim.ag/37h

The discovery may explain how the widespread soil-dwelling microorganisms, which otherwise rely on an exhausting wriggle to move, ended up around the world today. scim.ag/37g

A new survey shows few societies are pulling out of U.S. states affected by abortion bans and anti-LGBTQ+ laws, but many are implementing safety measures for their members. scim.ag/37e

Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was once hailed as a pioneer of stem cell medicine, was found guilty of gross assault against three of his patients today and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by an appeals court in Stockholm. scim.ag/37c

Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable trib.al/gaAMMXn

To better understand early pregnancy loss without using actual human embryos, scientists employed stem cells to create models that mimic this stage of development trib.al/myjLXAa

It takes a lot of water and energy to make negronis, manhattans and margaritas. Could we do with less ice? trib.al/aAI30uz

Physicists knew black holes eventually disappear particle by particle. Now they think everything else does, too trib.al/Bbb2hPY

Experts explain why tick-borne illnesses are increasing in the U.S. and offer tips to prevent bites trib.al/8XOA57P

The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice trib.al/PouousS

Gas stoves pollute homes with benzene, emitting more of the known carcinogen than present in secondhand smoke, according to a new study. trib.al/JO1HH5U

Nearly 100 years ago a young astronomer named Cecilia Payne changed the way we see the stars in the sky because she was able to look into their burning heart and see something no one else ever had trib.al/IN4tlA6

Magnetic fields help to explain why some stars are spinning more slowly than astronomers thought they should trib.al/rpY5qku

The coin rotation paradox flummoxed SAT test writers even though we encounter this math problem every day trib.al/2Q1ygVQ

Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it trib.al/dtN3TgR

Researchers found high levels of the carcinogen benzene in California and Colorado homes that used gas stoves trib.al/zpSs1di

The drug metformin cut long COVID risk by 41 percent in both people who were overweight and those with obesity. trib.al/pp7M4ta

The WSJ ran a widely discussed article a few days ago, and many people have concluded that the Lab Leak hypothesis is now confirmed.  I’ve now read the piece, and I don’t see relevant new information in there.  The New York Times ran a rebuttal of sorts, with this as one key paragraph: Recent news […] The post Is “Lab Leak” now proven? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Well. Yeah, no. The molecular epidemiology of ... by RAD In reply to Formerly K. @Random Walker Wait until he's the ... by Formerly K In reply to Formerly K. “As it stands, I still think Trump ... by Random Walker In reply to S. Byerley. Rob meet anooj he is coming in hot ... by the king of texas In reply to Steve. Right, and the WIV with a secret ... by RAD Plus 10 more... Related Stories Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity? UK NHS fact of the day Russia fact of the day  ( 7 min )

Tim Harford writing at the FT covers the question “Is it even possible to prepare for a pandemic?” drawing on my paper with Tucker Omberg. [I]n an unsettling study published late last year, the economists Robert Tucker Omberg and Alex Tabarrok took a more sophisticated look at this question and found that “almost no form […] The post Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments to be fair the postmodern gender theorists spent the entirety ... by community notes In reply to Fazal Majid. I mean, just as a statistical ... by M In reply to M. It's not surprising at all, it depends on what ... by Fazal Majid In reply to Heedless. Partly probably, though Berlin or ... by M In reply to Anti-Markovnikov. “As a UK resident, I think we ... by dearieme Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 Is “Lab Leak” now proven? High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota  ( 8 min )

Jane narrates: She pushed me towards him. I thought Diana very provoking, and felt uncomfortably confused; and while I was thus thinking and feeling, St. John bent his head; his Greek face was brought to a level with mine, his eyes questioned my eyes piercingly–he kissed me. There are no such things as marble kisses […] The post Rereading *Jane Eyre* (the experiment kiss) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Henry Oliver. Wait, what? I thought he couldn't ... by peri In reply to Hmmmmmm. We believe Love Is Love. You bigot. by In this country In reply to Frank. I'll say “Donner Party” is possibly ... by Moral Panic In reply to Infovores. Thank you! by Henry Oliver In reply to Leslie. This is a really interesting paper and I ... by Henry Oliver Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 My Conversation with Noam Chomsky Game theory and the First World War  ( 6 min )

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one bit: As a general rule, one should not debate publicly with conspiracy theorists. Some conspiracies may be true and should not be dismissed out of hand. But any discussion needs to start by demanding the best available documented evidence, and then subjecting it to rigorous […] The post When should you debate in oral public forums? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ricky. I wouldn't exaggerate like that, but there ... by harold In reply to peri. I think you'll find, after careful ... by harold “one should not debate publicly with conspiracy theorists.” ... by dearieme How many medical slash health groups, associations, ... by God of Thunder In reply to ThatsNotAll. “He has twisted Adam Smith's ... by blue jay Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )

In most of the equilibria I can conceive, either Prighozin or Putin has to die in the next week or less? Putin has to die if he can’t take out Prighozin promptly? Game theory is often wrong, but it is worth putting this prediction out there.  And here is Kamil Galeev on the most likely […] The post What game theory predicts appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Formerly K. Why do people persist with ... by surfie In reply to Luka. I think China has a vested interest in ... by Andao In reply to blue jay. ” At the very least he might hope to ... by blue jay In reply to Christof. A negotiated compromise was not given ... by RAD In reply to james. In the last weeks Russians were preparing ... by Prof. Emeritus Plus 10 more... Related Stories Game theory and the First World War  ( 6 min )

Prigozhin's Kremlin coup is causing the Russian ruble to crash. 93.9 rubles per USD at Tinkoff Bank. 91.77 at Alfa Bank. The ruble closed at 84/USD on Friday just hours ago. — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) June 24, 2023 The post Russia fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments The big question now is whether Wagner actually exchanged ... by aaron In reply to Bill Allen. OMG, someone posted bullshit on ... by Karl Pooper First Galeev, now Sushko. Do you follow anyone on Russia ... by Widmerpool In reply to European Troll. AP Wagner: “Pypa (Putin) made ... by M How the west keeps falling for Prigozhin‘s trolling is beyond ... by European Troll Plus 10 more... Related Stories China (Germany) fact of the day Will Kenya take the lead in carbon removal? UK NHS fact of the day  ( 6 min )

people who take loud facetime calls in the subway deserve to be put in the titan submersible

that is, of course, if you’re trying to be a huge nerd about this. in reality it’s simply just wise not to get in a submersible tube controlled by a fucking video game controller

scenario is $1bn upon resurfacing. we play the odds by assuming the worst-case scenario (death): titan had been to the titanic 3 times, so you have a 3/4 chance of getting $1bn and a 1/4 chance of being crushed to death, conditional on failure. it is not logical to take the risk

[amount of happiness i could buy with a billion dollars relative to happiness today] < [amount of happiness i would lose by being crushed to death by approx. 400 atm of pressure]

you could not have paid me enough money to go in the titanic sub

Women in Engineering: giving Porsche 911s the ‘ultimate’ makeover go.nature.com/3NI8uKf

Health-equity work requires thinking about strengths and assets instead of just disadvantages, says @DrAlethaMaybank go.nature.com/3qZfR84

Women in engineering: using hydrology to manage Jordan’s scarce water go.nature.com/46dLP0J

We just landed in Nashville!! What here in your city!! Come through tonight at the Polk Theater at 7pm!

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Why Everyone Wants Moises Caicedo 💰 🔵 Outstanding defensive numbers 🔵 Press resistant on the ball 🔵 A box-to-box machine We profile one of the most sought-after Premier League midfielders 📊👇

Bayern Munich are apparently going striker shopping this summer in an attempt to finally replace the goals of Robert Lewandowski. 💶⚽️ @DavidSegar_ has taken a look at the forwards being linked to see who might be the best fit at the Allianz Arena. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/wh…

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Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! bls.gov/opub/update.htm

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Whereas the direction of main effects can be interpreted from the sign of the estimate, the interpretation of interaction effects often requires plots. This task is facilitated by the R package sjPlot (Lüdecke, 2022). For instance, using the plot_model function, I plotted the interaction between two continuous variables. library(lme4) #> Loading required package: Matrix library(sjPlot) #> Learn more about sjPlot with 'browseVignettes("sjPlot")'. library(ggplot2) theme_set(theme_sjplot()) # Create data partially based on code by Ben Bolker # from https://stackoverflow.com/a/38296264/7050882 set.seed(101) spin = runif(800, 1, 24) trait = rep(1:40, each = 20) ID = rep(1:80, each = 10) testdata boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular') plot_model(fit, type = 'pred', terms = c('spin', 'trait')) #> Warning: Ignoring unknown parameters: linewidth ... Continue reading: How to break down colour variable in sjPlot::plot_model into equally-sized bins  ( 15 min )

Whereas the direction of main effects can be interpreted from the sign of the estimate, the interpretation of interaction effects often requires plots. This task is facilitated by the R package sjPlot (Lüdecke, 2022). For instance, using the plot_model function, I plotted the interaction between two continuous variables. library(lme4) #> Loading required package: Matrix library(sjPlot) library(ggplot2) theme_set(theme_sjplot()) # Create data using code by Ben Bolker from # https://stackoverflow.com/a/38296264/7050882 set.seed(101) spin = runif(600, 1, 24) reg = runif(600, 1, 15) ID = rep(c("1","2","3","4","5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10")) day = rep(1:30, each = 10) testdata Warning: Ignoring unknown parameters: linewidth ... Continue reading: How to break up colour variable in sjPlot into equally-sized bins  ( 14 min )

Whereas the direction of main effects can be interpreted from the sign of the estimate, the interpretation of interaction effects often requires plots. This task is facilitated by the R package sjPlot (Lüdecke, 2022). For instance, using the plot_model function, I plotted the interaction between a continuous variable and ... Continue reading: How to map more informative values onto fill argument of sjPlot::plot_model  ( 13 min )

To assess whether convergence warnings render the results invalid, or on the contrary, the results can be deemed valid in spite of the warnings, Bates et al. (2023) suggest refitting models affected by convergence warnings with a variety of optimizers. The authors argue that, if the different optimizers produce practically-equivalent results, ... Continue reading: How to visually assess the convergence of a mixed-effects model by plotting various optimizers  ( 16 min )

R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Student’s t-test explained with R and Pokemon  ( 14 min )

R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: (Update) How to install RStudio, RStudio Server and Quarto with ‘apt install’  ( 8 min )

Here’s an example of fuzzy-matching strings in R that I shared on StackOverflow. In stringdist_join, the max_dist argument is used to constrain the degree of fuzziness. library(fuzzyjoin) library(dplyr) #> #> Attaching package: 'dplyr' #> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats': #> #> filter, lag #> The following objects are masked from 'package:base': #> #> intersect, setdiff, setequal, union library(knitr) small_tab = data.frame(Food.Name = c('Corn', 'Squash', 'Peppers'), Food.Code = c(NA, NA, NA)) large_tab = data.frame(Food.Name = c('Sweet Corn', 'Red Corn', 'Baby Corns', 'Squash', 'Long Squash', 'Red Pepper', 'Green Pepper', 'Red Peppers'), Food.Code = c(532, 532, 944, 111, 123, 654, 655, 654)) joined_tab = stringdist_join(small_tab, large_tab, by = 'Food.Name', ignore_case = TRUE, method = 'cosine', max_dist = 0.5, distance_col = 'dist') %>% # Tidy columns select(Food.Name = Food.Name.x, -Food.Name.y, Food.Code = Food.Code.y, -dist) %>% # Only keep most frequent food code per food name group_by(Food.Name) %>% count(Food.Name, Food.Code) %>% slice(which.max(n)) %>% select(-n) %>% # Order food names as in the small table arrange(factor(Food.Name, levels = small_tab$Food.Name)) # Show table with columns renamed joined_tab %>% rename('Food Name' = Food.Name, 'Food Code' = Food.Code) %>% kable() Food Name Corn Squash Peppers Created on 2023-05-31 with reprex v2.0.2 Continue reading: Table joins with conditional “fuzzy” string matching in R  ( 9 min )

The Wheel of Things by Clive Murray “a toy to help you choose between things, Wheel of Fortune style” Meow (about) 📌 “This is a tool that allows you to view your Mastodon export file.” Quotes Explained 📌 “The problem is that some of societies most powerful quotes are either taken out of context, misattributed or never said at all. That’s where we come in.” obsidian-note-from-template 📌 “Simple plugin to create Notes from a template, and fill in fields defined there” (available as “From Template" in Obsidian>Settings>Community plugins) Colar 📌 “A universal color palette based on Open Color”  ( 2 min )

Just wow. A video has surfaced showing Prigozhin at the Southern Military District HQ in Rostov-on-Don talking to (and HUMILIATING) Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov. He threatens to blockade Rostov and head for Moscow! I have extreme trouble understanding Yevkurov and… pic.twitter.com/jGr9gaLB1i — Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) June 24, 2023 An English translation of the linguistically-relevant […]  ( 10 min )

I promised that I would tell the story of how five old, white men persuaded me to begin the study of Asian languages two years after I was out of college.  Here it is. When I graduated from Dartmouth in 1965, I joined the Peace Corps for two years in Nepal.  Although I contracted fifteen […]  ( 8 min )

Saw Tom Grennan live in a small club in Zürich three months ago. Great to see him absolutely killing it at Glasto 👊

A couple years ago I reviewed mathematician Jordan Ellenberg’s fun book, “Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else,” and at the conclusion I discussed Jordan’s statement that he’s no good at “visualizing shapes and what … Continue reading →  ( 16 min )

it’s really good that twitter is killing beloved bot accounts like possum every hour but is keeping those shitty pepe meme ai text bots. i think that’s actually awesome

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If you can get an invite, come over to bluesky. It’s like twitter except they don’t make you look at this shit

Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to more than 300. There are now 41,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNote, LibKey, Papers, and Zotero. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains 200 titles. And have you … Continue reading Weekend reads: A fraudster is sentenced to prison; how another reinvented himself; RFK Jr.’s retraction, redux  ( 8 min )

"LLM understands X" is very different from: "LLM can answer correctly some questions that involve X" which is in turn very different from: "with the right prompt we can get the LLM to answer correctly some questions that involve X"

prison games

let it roll

putin has pooped the wrong diaper  ( 1 min )

"they already found the submarine" They found a false submarine  ( 1 min )

"you post about girls asses while people are dying in a submarine. Really normal" i will post about Girls asses as the sun engulfs the earth  ( 1 min )

if cheese cake factory did not want me crusing for girls asses they would not have put the wine bar in there

Wagner did what?!

I really want everyone to pivot back from video. I fucking hate video. Do not ever make me watch a video just to obtain information. Making me watch a video instead of giving me text I can read is an act of violence against me specifically. When will it end.

end of an era! good mems

Exclusive: Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology are denying anonymous reports in the media that they were the first #COVID19 patients. scim.ag/37b

Scientists have discovered a marine organism that’s not just invulnerable to microplastics, it may have a way to eliminate them—literally. scim.ag/37a

An MIT class exercise shows how easily #AI tools can be used to order a bioweapon. scim.ag/377

Humans have long seen themselves mirrored in other primates, with apes’ social behavior and cognitive abilities shedding light on our own. scim.ag/374

University officials are hoping Air Force’s initial 5-year, $90 million investment will help Howard become the first historically Black institution to ascend to the top ranks of the nation’s research universities. scim.ag/36Z

A new technique used to pick up ripples from nuclear blasts could also monitor earthquakes and eruptions. scim.ag/36P

“It's a real feat of biological engineering.” #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/36L

A new study suggests fear of society’s downfall stems from negative media and biased memory. scim.ag/36E

A compound in jagua fruit called genipin reacts with glycine to form a long, stable polymer that creates a coveted blue. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/36A

The scalloped hammerhead may be the only fish to employ this strategy during deep dives, keeping chilly water out of its body. scim.ag/36w

Research shows that disrupting the body's circadian rhythm raises cancer risk, and resetting it may bring that risk down trib.al/jvJMC2e

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that TRAPPIST-1 c, the second world in a seven-planet system, lacks an atmosphere trib.al/xPe1kvo

Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual trib.al/YZ5HjRW

The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice trib.al/ZmTyQkv

In my latest for @sciam, I look into the National Bridge Inventory database to answer the question: “Where are the worst bridges in the U.S.?” nitter.net/sciam/status/1672228008776826881#m

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The most recent xkcd: Mouseover title: "Arboretum Owner Denied Standing in Garden Path Suit on Grounds Grounds Appealing Appealing" What the Berkeley Neural Parser thinks: (S (PP (IN After) (NP (NN bird) (VBZ strikes))) (NP (NP (NN judge)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBD ordered) (NP (NNP olive) (NNP garden) (NNP path) (NN sentence)) […]  ( 8 min )

I've wondered for a long time why Biblical inerrantists have a big problem with biological evolution, which contradicts Chapter 1 of Genesis, but not so much with historical linguistics, which contradicts Chapter 11. But in "Linguistic Confusion and the Tower of Babel", National Catholic Register 6/21/2023, Dave Armstrong argues that the usual interpretation of the […]  ( 10 min )

Beautiful WSJ OpED (6/22/23) by Gerard Gayou, a seminarian of the archdiocese of Washington, who is studying theology at the Pontifical North American College in Rome: The Guiding Light of Latin Grammar The language reminds us of what our words mean and of whom we’re called to be. —– Nothing bored me more during the […]  ( 11 min )

A private collector's dream realized. Bringing together a collection of rare and obscure toys which represent the cutthroat practices in the toy busines presented as a wall-to-wall experience. It's not aimed at young kids, but at visitors interested in the stories behind the toys. Accompanied by over 600 Barbies, Lego, and train sets, it will elicit a feeling of shock and awe from the visitors. If not though the sheer size of the day toy collection or the fringe memorabilia of movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Nightmare Before Christmas; the fascinating background stories and anecdotes delivered with humor by the owner will definitely deliver.  ( 13 min )

Oil was first discovered in southwestern Ontario in 1857 and is being pumped from the ground to this day. That pre-dates discoveries in Alberta by more than 50 years.   James Miller Williams the father of the petroleum industry in Canada, established the first commercially successful oil well in 1858 and igniting the first oil boom in North America. (Take that J.R. Ewing!) The Oil Museum of Canada is located on land that was designated as the First Commercial Oil Field National Historic Site of Canada in 1925.  The museum itself was opened to the public in July 1960. On site, you can see the small pumpjacks toiling away.  Locals may refer to them as a donkey pumper, nodding donkey, pumping unit, horsehead pump, rocking horse, beam pump, dinosaur, sucker rod pump, grasshopper pump,  or jack pump. You will certainly get a whiff of the oil smell now and then....and some other smells as the site is located in a delightfully rural location.  ( 13 min )

The Devil's Beef Tub is a dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scottish town of Moffat. The 150-meter hollow is formed by four hills, Ericstane Hill, Peat Knowle, the Great Hill, and Annanhead Hill. The name comes from the fact the Border Reivers of the Johnstone Clan once hid stolen cattle in this hollow. These Reivers were referred to by their enemies as "devils." The area is beautiful, giving views over the valley below, made all the more atmospheric when the cloud is low and the weather is gloomy.  At these times you can almost imagine the moos of the hidden cattle in the valley below.  ( 12 min )

On any given day, visitors to the Tower of London can vary from several hundred to well into the thousands. Many come seeking to get a glimpse of the Crown Jewels or perhaps they desire to witness the location of where executions took place firsthand. What the latter may not be aware of, is the vast majority of public executions took place outside the walls of the tower, just a few yards away, on a grassy knoll near Tower Hill Underground Station. Less than two dozen individuals met their maker at the end of the executioner's axe on Tower Green. These included the two wives of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and Catherine Howard, as well as Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days. As compared to the estimated 125 mortals who lost their lives across the road on Tower Hill. The disparity in numbers is because executions at the Tower of London were reserved for individuals of high rank or who possessed popular support. At the western edge of a green space known as Trinity Square Gardens, a scaffold was erected from the 15th century to dispatch of individuals who held an air of status and were found guilty of high treason or other offenses against the crown. It operated for nearly four hundred years, with the last public execution taking place in 1747, that of Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, a supporter of the Stuart family's right to the throne. Today, visitors can find a small cordoned-off area, just to the left of the Grade I-listed Merchant Navy Memorial, First World War Section. Here, you'll find a list of names, beginning in 1381 and ending in the mid-1700s. These include participants in the following rebellions: Peasants' Revolt, War of the Roses, English Reformation, as well as the Jacobite Uprising. Thousands of eager onlookers would gather to witness these public displays of execution.  ( 13 min )

Magnesium-bearing deposits (magnesite, or magnesium carbonate, and brucite, or magnesium hydroxide) were discovered here in the late 1920s. The minerals are used in making refractory (high-temperature) ceramics and in chemical manufacturing, notably Epsom salts. It was a quiet niche market. Then came World War II. High-performance aircraft were critical to the war effort, and magnesium was a key component of light, high-strength aircraft alloys. It was feared that the Axis powers were way ahead in magnesium technology. Hence a crash program for magnesium production was initiated, and it used these magnesium minerals as ore. The raw ore minerals were shipped to a newly opened plant in Henderson, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, for processing into magnesium metal. Hydropower was available from the newly-finished Hoover Dam, as the electrolytic process for magnesium separation requires a great deal of electricity. It's analogous to aluminum in that respect. The shipping route was very circuitous as there was no direct rail link. The ore was first trucked to a railhead at Luning, Nevada, some 32 miles west (the rails have since been torn up). It then went north to the transcontinental route outside Reno, eastward to Salt Lake City, and finally southwest to Las Vegas on the rail link to Los Angeles. By 1944 enough magnesium metal—more than 80,000 tons—had been made for the wartime demand. The mine has continued producing magnesite and some brucite ever since, however, for those other applications, and is now the only producer in the United States. It is also said to be the oldest continuously operating mine in Nevada.  ( 13 min )

The huge El Meson De Pepe’s restaurant is lined with posters, pictures, souvenirs, maps, flags, toys, and all kinds of mementos of Cuban life (including a replica hydroplane that flew from Key West to Cuba in 1913). These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades. Hoping to invoke the sights, sounds, and smells of old Cuban Key West (Cayo Hueso), you will see a cigar factory, a sightseeing bus, stores, a boxing gym, cafés, and street scenes that were all originally created as woodcarvings by the noted folk artist. Highlights include the Pee-Roo-Lee Man, the candy vendor who would summon kids with a sharp whistle to buy the delicious cone treats he carr…  ( 14 min )

By the 1950s, diesel locomotives had replaced their steam counterparts on most railroads in America. One notable exception was the Norfolk & Western Railway, which crisscrossed the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia. It was there that a self-taught photographer would snap some of the most evocative and dramatic photos of steam railroading in its final days.  O. Winston Link was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1914. Link began dabbling with amateur photography as a teenager. Although he completed a degree in civil engineering, he soon found himself working as a commercial photographer, where he further developed his skills through on-the-job training. In 1955, while on assignment in Virginia, Link became captivated by the Norfolk & Western Railway's steam locomotives. Recognizing th…  ( 13 min )

The Asociación México Japonesa (Mexico Japanese Association) was established in 1956 as a result of efforts from Mexico's Japanese migrant and Japanese descendant communities, looking to establish tighter relationships between both countries and cultures. The current location was opened three years later thanks to the donation of its terrain by San Siro Matsumoto. Its initial cultural offerings for the non-Japanese population included gardens, language lessons, and the establishment of a restaurant. They would later be joined by other lessons in subjects like ikebana and origami, a minimarket, and the Manga Museum. This museum was established thanks to a donation of almost 20,000 volumes from a museum of the same name in the city of Kyoto. This means that the vast majority of the material available is exclusively in the Japanese language. The volumes in Spanish and English are limited to a mere couple of shelves. Another bookshelf features a selection of volumes for sale, most of these also in Japanese. For the fans who have actually learned the language, this Museum represents what might be Mexico City's most important collection.  ( 13 min )

Wonder is everywhere. That’s why, every other week, Atlas Obscura drags you down some of the rabbit holes we encounter as we search for our unusual stories. We highlight surprising finds, great writing, and inspiring stories from some of our favorite publications. The Coolest Library on Earth by Elizabeth Landau, Hakai Magazine A windowless yellow-tiled warehouse in an industrial park on the outskirts of Copenhagen is home to 40,000 hunks of ice—frozen treasures that preserve millions of years of climate history. For ice core “librarian” Jørgen Peder Steffensen, who oversees the chilly archive, the cores are a time machine. “All those annual layers of snowfall are just in one undisturbed sequence back in time,” Steffensen tells Hakai Magazine. “The deeper you go, the farther back i…  ( 20 min )

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ho Chi Minh City is quite famous, attracting curious tourists with its vivid pinkness. Da Nang has its own pink church, also dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, just a little less known. Designed by priest Louis Vallet and completed in 1924, Da Nang Cathedral is the only Catholic church in the city that dates back to the French colonial era. Its built-in solemn Gothic style, but its adorable, candy-pink façade softens the imposing impression. While tourists, knowingly or not, refer to the cathedral simply as the “Pink Church,” the locals of Da Nang have another nickname for it: the Chicken Church. It comes from the metal weathercock that stands atop the building, representing the Gallic rooster as well as referencing the Biblical episode of St. Peter’s Denial, in which the crowing of a rooster plays a significant role.  ( 13 min )

Starting as a blacksmith shop, Reighard’s transitioned into a gas station in 1909 a year after Henry Ford introduced the Model T. Known as "America's Oldest Gas Station" Reighard's is made of cinder blocks with hardened concrete shingles and took advantage of being along the rail line. In the late 1800s, George Hinkle sold kerosene, then lamp oil, and after seeing the advent of horseless carriages, began selling gasoline. Hinkle purchased petroleum products from Samuel S. Reighard, an oil merchant. Shortly after switching to gas, Hinkle sold the station to George D. Reighard, a son of Samuel Reighard. Martin Oil Company purchased the station in 1978 and continues the tradition of full service.  ( 12 min )

A marble plinth dedicated to Charles Fourier (1772-1837) sits in the Place de Clichy within Paris’ 9th arrondissement. What sits atop the plinth, however, is not a statue of the father of utopian socialist theory; instead, a giant silver apple with the countries of the world etched into its reflective surface sits in his place. A bronze statue of Fourier's likeness did once stand proudly atop the monument. The thinker and writer gained notoriety throughout the early 19th century for proclaiming what were, at the time, radical notions: he questioned the cult of industrial labor, espoused socialist ideals, and coined the term "feminism." One of his less radical views—again, given the time—framed Jews as regressive and uncivilized. Ironically, during the Occupation of 1942, it was Nazis who…  ( 13 min )

In this episode of Atlas Obscura Tries our host, Zak Martellucci, tries his hand at Tarpon fishing in Charlotte Harbor, FL- a sport fishing mecca known to anglers world-wide. Join us on the hunt for the ‘Silver King,’ and an exploration of the natural and cultural habitat that makes this community on the Gulf so vibrant and unique.  ( 13 min )

The city of Kupferberg ('Copper Mountain'), renamed 'Miedzianka' when the territory passed from Germany to Poland after World War II, was one of many prosperous mining towns in the mountains of Lower Silesia. As the name indicates, it was originally copper that was mined in this area—until the Soviets discovered after their occupation in 1945 that the local mines were also a rich source of uranium. The Soviets quickly fenced off the area with barbed wire and forced local Poles to work in the uranium mines with no knowledge of the actual dangers. Officially, it was called a "paper factory," and miners suffering from radiation poisoning were formally ignored. Anyone who attempted to reveal the true nature of the mines near Miedzianka was promptly 'disappeared' by the Communist government and never seen again. After about 600 tonnes of uranium were shipped from Miedzianka to the Soviet Union, the local mine was considered to be exhausted, and the extensive tunneling underneath the town had left the ground unstable. The town itself was then torn down in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and most of the residents were forcibly resettled to the nearby city of Jelenia Góra. Today, Miedzianka only exists in the form of a few scattered buildings, a church, and a resurrected form of its once-famous brewery along one surviving mountain road. The surrounding fields and forests are filled with the overgrown ruins of houses, factories, and cemeteries that used to form part of the city. Information boards on what was formerly the main square tell the story, accompanied by numerous photos, of what was once the bustling city center of Kupferberg/Miedzianka, now almost completely forgotten to the passage of time.  ( 13 min )

What’s the farthest place that humanity has gone? For a practical answer to that question rather than a philosophical one, direct your gaze to Ophiuchus, an equatorial constellation also known as Serpentarius. Speeding towards Rasalhague and the other stars that make up the "Serpent-bearer" is Voyager 1, the farthest human-made object in the universe. It’s currently 14.8 billion miles (23.8 billion kilometers) from the Sun, and still speeding away at roughly 38,000 miles per hour (61,000 kilometers per hour). That’s too far to observe Voyager 1 twinkle in the night sky, but you can turn the tables and see what it sees as it looks back at us. Via NASA’s Eyes website (and app), you can pay a virtual visit to where the spacecraft is now and explore its vantage as it hurtles towards the ed…  ( 21 min )

Fisherman's House ("La Casita del Pescador" in Spanish) is a small "capricho" construction in the northern part of Retiro Park in Madrid. It was conceived as a personal whim of the king who saved Retiro Park. The house was destined to offer his majesty a place to rest and is located on the central island of a pond where, back in the day, you could even fish. After the War of Independence, the park was badly damaged and was rebuilt by King Fernando VII. During this Renaissance, exotic and beautiful constructions such as the Persian Hall and Fisherman's House were created. Isidro González Velázquez designed this house and surrounded it with a pond for anglers to enjoy. The house has a striking pinkish body, adorned with Pompeian-style paintings and frescoes and with niches, where Roman busts once stood. This type of construction had its predecessors in the so-called 18th-century pavilions that were prominent in English and French gardens. In Spain, these curious structures appeared in important gardens at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. For years, the Fisherman's House remained abandoned and was eventually used as a Tourist Information Office. It is now the Municipal Center for the Adoption of Pets.  ( 13 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we hear about the Bone Rush of the 1870s, when a bitter rivalry between two paleontologists unearthed an epic amount of fossils still critical to the field today. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 14 min )

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📨 Get the world of science delivered to your inbox every weekday. #ScienceAdviser is launching soon, featuring news and research, exclusive reporting and analysis, editor’s curation of recommended reading, and revolving daily segments. scim.ag/ScienceAdviser #newsletter

Honey bees perfect their waggle dances by learning from their elders. 🐝 #NationalPollinatorsMonth. scim.ag/373

Lunge feeding—a common foraging technique of humpbacks and other rorqual whales characterized by rapid underwater lunges to capture dense patches of prey—is energy efficient even when prey is sparse, according to a new analysis in @ScienceAdvances. scim.ag/36W

How does a mussel shell open and shut easily and without damage for hundreds of thousands of cycles during the bivalve’s lifetime? scim.ag/36O

Scientists have uncovered how the spatial arrangement of the kinase PDK1 shapes its substrate specificity—a finding that could inform methods to selectively manipulate PDK1 to target cancer and other disorders. #Biochemistry @SciSignal scim.ag/36D

Our work on perforin-2, a pore-forming protein expressed by #DendriticCells to deliver antigens into the cytosol during #CrossPresentation is now out in @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…… @laub_marco & @Pati_Krawczyk

Excited to have our latest paper published in @ScienceMagazine. A huge advantage of a 15+ year field experiment is being able to explore treatment effects as background conditions are themselves changing with ongoing climate change. nitter.net/ScienceMagazine/status/1671986471325007872#m

Today, @Abebab & I have a piece out in @ScienceMagazine on how AI can distort human beliefs. We discuss how psychology interacts with generative AI in problematic ways. 🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

New in @sciencemagazine 📣 scim.ag/36d

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Books in brief: The ocean’s engine, and the science of reading go.nature.com/3CJeflz

Update: The FDA has now approved the first gene therapy for Duschenne muscular dystrophy for children aged four and five go.nature.com/3NrvzjQ

Women diagnosed since 2010 have a much lower risk of dying from breast cancer than those diagnosed in the 1990s go.nature.com/46ijRko

Underwater volcano triggered the most intense lightning ever recorded go.nature.com/3NnUkxF

Methods inspired by the Japanese paper art kirigami help to create a textile that moves with the body go.nature.com/3JmwAbS

Nature research paper: Physiology and diseases of tissue-resident macrophages go.nature.com/3NmIN1m

Nature research paper: Single-cell quantification of ribosome occupancy in early mouse development go.nature.com/42QtuDV

Research briefing: Cholesterol can make surfaces non-stick go.nature.com/43XWH1i

AFSCME Council 5 and MAPE reached an agreement Friday with the state that will bring a $20 minimum wage and cost of living raises of 5.5% and 4.5% over the next two years. Legislative contract approval had become a partisan bargaining chip, backers said.  ( 16 min )

The unequal access to abortion procedures across the country is most directly affecting the poorest women in the U.S.  ( 18 min )

The topic had been off-limits since 2002, when lawmakers from some communities along the route objected.  ( 16 min )

It’s even more unusual because the number of bellwether counties is rapidly diminishing.  ( 16 min )

After being told he would have to wear a tuxedo to the state dinner, the governor, who says he’s never owned a tux, called Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to make sure one was absolutely necessary.  ( 14 min )

You’d be forgiven if you’re distraught about society’s ability to grapple with this new technology. But there are reasons to feel more sanguine as well.  ( 16 min )

This year, we're thrilled to offer two days of all in-person programming featuring national and local voices you already know, along with new ones that you'll want to know.  ( 9 min )

Plus: Less severe storm summer; renowned dermatologist dies; fights breaking out in Brooklyn Park parks; Wedge LIVE! Cat Tour; and more.  ( 5 min )

Join us in Chicago, IL for the @ALA Conferences 2023 Annual Meeting! Visit our booth, number 1518, in the exhibit hall starting today at 5:30 PM to learn more about #BLSData!

Import coffee prices declined 2.6 percent for year ended May 2023, following large increases bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/import… #BLSdata

A Manhattan art connoisseur turned amateur detective gets involved in a murder investigation when a theatrical starlet is found dead in her apartment.  ( 2 min )

A king’s unfounded jealousy destroys his family and kingdom.  ( 2 min )

DT Cochrane and I look at the network of corporate power behind Canada's richest families. The post Mapping the Ownership Network of Canada’s Billionaire Families appeared first on Economics from the Top Down.  ( 27 min )

Slides of my #ISWS2013 SemWeb Summerschool talk: when you move from a symbolic to a numeric or geometric representation (e.g. embeddings), please keep the semantics. Don't throw out the semantic baby with the symbolic bathwater. slideshare.net/Frank.van.Har…

If you want to attend the 6th Annual International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT2023) or watch it on Zoom, you need to register by July 14th!  ( 2 min )

If you want to attend the 6th Annual International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT2023) or watch it on Zoom, you need to register by July 14th!  ( 2 min )

6th Annual International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT2023) July 31 – August 4, 2023 https://act2023.github.io/ Due to generous sponsorship from NIST and UFL, registration is completely free! Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/applied-category-theory-2023-registration-643212404617 If you plan to attend virtually, you will need to register before July 14 to receive a Zoom link. The Sixth International Conference […]  ( 7 min )

I’ve got a new paper out this week with Andrew McLeod. I’m thinking of it as another entry in this year’s “cabinet of curiosities”, interesting Feynman diagrams with unusual properties. Although this one might be hard to fit into a cabinet. Over the past few years, I’ve been finding Feynman diagrams with interesting connections to […]  ( 11 min )

A colloquium with a former thesis intern yesterday brought me to ponder again over the important question of determining whether a student should choose an experimental or rather a theoretical curriculum of studies. It is a problem that arises at a variable point of the student's trajectory depending on the way the university courses offer is structured, but the issue is universal as it revolves around the skills of the students rather than anything else. read more  ( 6 min )

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your most used emoji says more about you than an internet quiz ever could  ( 1 min )

Moore's Law is the least interesting part of this article. cs.utexas.edu/~fussell/cours…

Predictions about the technological future often are laughably optimistic. But everything in the intro of Gordon Moore’s 1965 article “Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits” came true.

6th Annual International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT2023) July 31 – August 4, 2023 https://act2023.github.io/ Due to generous sponsorship from NIST and UFL, registration is completely free! Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/applied-category-theory-2023-registration-643212404617 If you plan to attend virtually, you will need to register before July 14 to receive a Zoom link. The Sixth International Conference […]  ( 7 min )

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐳 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 Arsenal's interest in Havertz has raised a few eyebrows. But it works: — Extremely versatile — Brilliant awareness of space — Great technician — Entering his prime years Here's how he'd fit in 📈⬇️

No one has finished with a batting average over .400 in a full season since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. @andres_chavez13 takes a look. theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/lu…

The pros and cons of Mateo Kovacic to Man City theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…

Amad Diallo 🔴 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/am…

David de Gea's shot-stopping has slowed down. #MUFC

Me, for @OptaAnalyst, on the pros and cons of Mateo Kovačić to Manchester City: theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…  ( 1 min )

A bidding war between Arsenal and Man City for Declan Rice? theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/de…

Transfer Questions theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/op…

The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice

Radiation in water from Fukushima will be diluted to almost background levels, but some researchers are not sure this will be sufficient to mitigate the risks

Young Montanans put their state on trial for its contributions to climate change. Here are five takeaways from the proceedings as we await the judge’s ruling

Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home.

Cormac McCarthy’s curiosity about science made him a great writer

More than 42,000 highway bridges across the country are in “poor” condition, according to national bridge inspection standards

The European Union signed a trade agreement with Kenya, giving the nation duty- and quota-free access to the bloc, a long-negotiated deal it said is open for other East African countries join. The economic partnership agreement has been under discussion for at least a decade. While Kenya agreed to a joint pact in 2016, four […] The post Kenya development of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Is Kenya the new Eithiopia? by God of Thunder In reply to rayward. Wherein is in written that this day will ... by God of Thunder In reply to Reason. It's a good deal for Kenya. The deal is ... by sxb A long way from the days we will take it to we will buy it. The ... by rayward In reply to M. (In fairness Singapore is kind of an L example ... by M Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )

None of the incidences of myopericarditis pooled in the current study were higher than those after smallpox vaccinations and non-COVID-19 vaccinations, and all of them were significantly lower than those in adolescents aged 12–17 years after COVID-19 infection. I would gladly see a refereed symposium on attempts to overturn this result.  Individuals with rejected papers could publish those […] The post Vaccination sentences to ponder appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to NoPie. > That's false. Really? Which one ... by Phinton In reply to Thomas. > It's well established in the sense that ... by Phinton In reply to Todd K. Much of these deaths are from early age ... by PHinton In reply to Shady B. I think it's the same IT person to whom ... by Steve In reply to MikeP. Who is Kelley G? by Shady B Plus 10 more... Related Stories Update on the War on Poverty Black Magic Technology A mild return for Danish phrenology?  ( 6 min )

In Capitalism: Hollywood’s Miscast Villain, a piece I wrote in 2010 for the Wall Street Journal, I described the slew of movies and television shows featuring mass-murdering corporate villains including “The Fugitive,” “Syriana,” “Mission Impossible II,” “Erin Brockovich,” “The China Syndrome” and “Avatar,” and Hollywood’s not so subtle attacks on capitalism with characters like Jabba […] The post Is American Culture Becoming More Pro-Business? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to ckstevenson. > So which side are you claiming ... by PHinton In reply to blue jay. We must agree on certain words for ... by PHinton In reply to Asdf. Asdf absurdly comments that: “Small ... by Skeptical American In reply to PHinton. “She knew what he was doing” Yes, ... by Bob from Ohio In reply to PHinton. “It is funny that Biden used the ... by Bob from Ohio Plus 10 more... Related Stories Why do wages grow faster for educated workers? High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin  ( 9 min )

1. Visiting Outback Steakhouse in Brazil. 2. Sam Enright books list. 3. Good example of how AI experts often do not have even a basic understanding of social mechanisms.  In general, I am  pretty reluctant to put much “negative talk” on MR, but this seems to me an important point that needs to be internalized […] The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to rayward. Columbus OH used to be the center from ... by Kaleberg In reply to rayward. Is the pizza restaurant that named all ... by Steve In reply to alz9794. “It's funny that people think that ... by Lord Action In reply to alz9794. This is the kind of thing that the ... by M In reply to M. Straussian reading: TC is denouncing the ... by Dimas Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

In Nairobi the best meals are to be had at the upscale Indian restaurants, and it seems all or most of them are quite good — choose what fits your location and traffic constraints.  The basic style usually is derived from Punjabi dishes. The “British colonial” food is not bad, but I don’t think I […] The post Food in Kenya, and yes you should go appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Rahul. Very few. Charitably I think the term is ... by SH, Jr. In reply to Rahul. Yea, well I'd stay for 5 nights at that ... by Canadian guy In reply to dan1111. Tyler has $$$. Books? Lectures and ... by seeker In reply to SH, Jr.. I have always wanted to do a blind test ... by Rahul In reply to hnau. Worth noting too that ugali is hardly ... by Mark Steyn Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )

For the longest-lasting, freshest strawberries, one cleaning and storage method worked better than all the rest.  ( 13 min )

EXC: Gretar Steinsson set to leave his position as Tottenham performance director. Part of an internal restructuring. More on @MailSport

Delighted to announce @StatsPerform as one of the sponsors for TGG Live in Manchester on October 9 & 10 @StatsPerform work with 500 global teams to inform & enhance decision-making across performance analysis, player recruitment & strategic planning. trainingground.guru/articles…

A change in mindset and working practice is needed in the area of Player Care in football and we are pioneering this movement. If you're passionate about this and want to make a real difference, then please check us out! linkedin.com/posts/david-ecc…

This is very good 👏🏼 nitter.net/Zonal_Marking/status/1671805485039624194#m

A key takeaway point, in my view:

I recently spoke with @MichaelBluhm of @thesignal about the new generational divide in American politics and its effects on the demographic composition and policy priorities of both Democrats & Republicans: thesgnl.com/2023/06/united-s…

Dismayed to learn that @NSF, on the guidance of its General Counsel, is now denying funding to women-specific programs on the basis of potential Title IX violation. The Women in [Math Subject] programs have been an inspiring model for inclusion and collaboration — a huge loss.

I’m starting to believe the Simpsons are psychics!!

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The thriller genre is hard to define. It’s not quite as black-and-white as a horror movie or a comedy, but at the same time, you know a thriller when you see one. The genre has always been popular because of its ability to keep viewers guessing until the credits roll. While the genre generally brings […]  ( 9 min )

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Democrats got shut out of Iowa's House delegation last year for the first time since 1994. But Republicans remain favored in all four of the state's House seats, writes @Redistrict. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…

Good morning from a rainy #SCOTUS, which will issue opinions at 10 am. There are 14 cases left to decide, summarized here: amylhowe.com/2023/06/22/afte…

When I say “passive corruption,” I’m talking not about the people who directly cheat, but about those who know about cheating but don’t do anything about it, I suspect out of some mixture of the following motivations: 1. Not wanting … Continue reading →  ( 22 min )

This interesting paper came out recently: A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States, by David Brady, Michaela Curran and Richard Carpiano. It uses a large sample of... Continue reading: Weighted versus unweighted percentiles by @ellis2013nz  ( 23 min )

Every R package needs a hex sticker. Here's how you can generate one in seconds using generative AI. Continue reading: How to generate a hex sticker with {openai} and {cropcircles}  ( 12 min )

Introduction Continue reading: Bootstrap Function in R: Resampling with the lapply and sample Functions  ( 12 min )

We designed the rOpenSci Champions Program with a mentorship aspect. Mentoring plays a significant role in the growth and development of both mentors and mentees alike. In our program, each Champion has a mentor who accompanies them during their train... Continue reading: rOpenSci Champions Program Teams: Meet Ghozayel Elotteebi and Zebulun Arendsee  ( 9 min )

Two years after it was quietly retracted “due to plagiarism,” a paper by a prominent researcher in Latvia has set the country’s media ablaze, drawing comments from, among others, the minister of education and science and the rector of a leading university.  The plagiarized paper came to public attention in March when the Latvian magazine … Continue reading Plagiarism scandal engulfs high-profile academic in Latvia  ( 8 min )

No. Hell no. Absolutely not. Urkel does not "Get head"

Gesturing with our hands and bodies represents “an undercurrent of conversation” that takes place everywhere in parallel to speech, according to Susan Goldin-Meadow, a psychologist and the author of “Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts.”  ( 13 min )

I’ve been reading an illuminating paper by Georgi Gardiner and Brian Zaharatos (Gardiner and Zaharatos, 2022; hereafter, G & Z), “The safe, the sensitive and the severely tested,” that forges links between contemporary epistemology and my severe testing account. It’s part of a collection published in Synthese on “Recent issues in Philosophy of Statistics”.  Gardiner […]  ( 24 min )

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at inbox zero. (all i had to do was change jobs)

Deletion of a protein called TIM-1 from B cells reduces tumour burden in a mouse model of skin cancer go.nature.com/44dYUoH

Nature research paper: Signalling by senescent melanocytes hyperactivates hair growth go.nature.com/46e5Ns9

Despite concerns from several nations and international groups, Japan is pressing ahead with plans to release water contaminated by the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean go.nature.com/3pjp7DI

'We must evolve into something new': the vision for rebuilding Ukraine's research system -- report by me & Nisha Gaind @Nature nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

War shattered Ukrainian science — its rebirth is now taking shape go.nature.com/44cXpax

Latest Nature Careers podcast: a collaboration to tackle child malnutrition in Bangladesh go.nature.com/46iUQ8z

Excerpts from after-action interviews regarding the incident at Penn Station go.nature.com/42Ue3KM

This week's dip into Nature's archive features the architect Christopher Wren using his astronomy skills to assess an observatory proposal, and considers questions about cyclones go.nature.com/3Jqu3xg

More carrot, less stick: some very promising changes to the research assessment in the UK have been announced. The challenge will be to ensure they are implemented well nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Producer prices up 1.1 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/produc… #BLSdata

Producer prices up 1.1 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/produc… #BLSdata

See our interactive graphics on how Americans spend their time bls.gov/charts/american-time… #ATUS #BLSdata #DataViz

34% of employed persons do some work at home on days they work in 2022 bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr… #ATUS #BLSdata

My last day (#4) at the workshop, as I had to return to Paris earlier. A rather theoretical morning again, with Morgane Austern on (probabilistic) concentration inequalities on transport distances, far from my comfort zone if lively, Jason Xu on replacing non-convex penalisation factors to distances to the corresponding manifold, which I found most interesting […]  ( 7 min )

My last day (#4) at the workshop, as I had to return to Paris earlier. A rather theoretical morning again, with Morgane Austern on (probabilistic) concentration inequalities on transport distances, far from my comfort zone if lively, Jason Xu on replacing non-convex penalisation factors to distances to the corresponding manifold, which I found most interesting […]  ( 7 min )

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sometimes people wonder, 'is the ape from the original 'donkey kong' the cranky kong we see in 'donkey kong country'? 'is the donkey kong from 'donkey kong country' actually DK jr?' i think this simple diagram should explain:

In 1889, a rakish Neapolitan pizzaiolo by the name of Raffaele Esposito gifted three of his pies to Queen Margherita of Savoy, the beautiful Piedmontese wife of King Umberto I. As the story goes, he fashioned one with the colors of the freshly unified nation of Italy’s flag and named it, of course, pizza Margherita. A plaque in Naples proudly declares where the queen’s meal allegedly took place. There’s just one catch to this familiar tale: None of it is true. In her latest book, National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home, Anya von Bremzen goes on a multi-year quest to parse the myths and misunderstandings swirling around canonical foods like pizza Margherita. In the process, she “crushes” bowls of noodles with a ramen otaku in Tokyo, learns to ma…  ( 29 min )

The modern Polish city of Kostrzyn nad Odrą lies directly on the Oder river, which has formed the border between Poland and Germany since World War II. Prior to 1945, the city was mostly inhabited by ethnic Germans and called "Küstrin" (also listed in some places as "Cüstrin"), but the German residents were forced to leave as a result of the border changes after the war. Ethnic Poles settled in their place, although not in the strictest geographical sense: the historical city centre of Kostrzyn/Küstrin was so throughly destroyed in the war that it had become uninhabitable, so the incoming Poles built what amounted to a new city center about 1 km (0.6 miles) to the northeast. The historical city center, once a densely-populated, fortified settlement on the Oder River, was left to fall into ruin, and was eventually torn down entirely. Today, the historical center is a free public park that has been largely reclaimed by nature. The foundations and cellars of the pre-war buildings are still visible, the main sights (like the church, city hall, and market square) are all labeled, and the original streets are still signposted, as if directing tourists around a ghostly city that still exists among the ruins. There is a small, free museum near the former city center's entrance (next to the old border crossing) as well as a larger paid, seasonal museum in the "Filip Bastion", one of the surviving fortifications on the eastern edge of the former city center. There are few restrictions in the park and it's possible to explore the city ruins to your heart's content.  ( 13 min )

The Japanese idiom nureginu has been in continuous use since the Heian period (794-1185) and means "false accusation" or "frame-up," while its literal definition is "wet clothes." Though the word is frequently used today, its etymology remains rather obscure even to native Japanese speakers. Still, it is no doubt an idiom suggesting the existence of some sort of story behind its origin. Legend has it that, during the reign of Emperor Shōmu (724-749), a nobleman named Chikayo Sano was appointed as the governor of Chikuzen Province (today Fukuoka) and came from Kyoto to Hakata, bringing his daughter Haruhime and his second wife. Envious of her stepdaughter's beauty, Sano's wife decided to frame her up and ruin her life. She bribed the local fisherman and bought his still-wet kimono, then hung it up in Haruhime's room. When Sano came back home that night, his wife told him that Haruhime has stolen the fisherman's kimono—or, according to a variation of the story, is having an affair with him—and upon seeing the wet kimono in her room, Sano became furious and killed her in her sleep. A year later, the ghost of Haruhime appeared in Sano's dreams, claiming her innocence. Realizing his irreversible mistake, Sano turned his back on the world and spent the rest of his life as a monk. Today, on the site of the Nureginu-zuka or the "Tomb of the Wet Kimono" stands a basalt stele, with three Sanskrit letters and the date 1344 inscribed on it. Originally standing beside the west gate of Shōfuku-ji Temple, it was first relocated to the Mikasa riverside during the Edo period, and then moved again to its current place in 2001. There is also a relief depicting the legend on the nearby Ishido Bridge.  ( 13 min )

If you take a walk along the sea in Humallahdenpuisto in Töölo neighborhood of Helsinki, just after you pass Kesäranta Villa, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Finland, you will come upon a small cliff offering a majestic view of the bay. An unassuming pile of rocks marked by a simple metal plaque can easily escape your notice. However, this pile of rocks represents by far the oldest still-standing human-made structure in the city of Helsinki. It is a Bronze Age burrow grave of an unknown individual. The grave is estimated to be over 3,000 years old. The choice of the location and the amount of effort needed to make it tell us that its occupant must have enjoyed a special status in his community in their lifetime. Unfortunately, very little else is known about this burial site.  ( 12 min )

This boathouse, commissioned in 1905 for Cudworth Beye, a friend of Frank Lloyd Wright's, wanted a boathouse for the University of Wisconsin crew tea—in Buffalo, New York. The structure featured Wright's very first perfectly flat roof, and was the only boathouse he ever designed. However, a lack of budget on the students' part led to it never being built. While Wright did finish the plans, it was never built in Wright's or even Beye's lifetime, and for a long time it remained the only unbuilt building in Wright's famous Wasmuth Portfolio, a German book containing multiple works of his that first skyrocketed his popularity across the world. Luckily, in 2007, construction began on this beautiful structure, with the assistance of one of Wright's apprentices. Today it not only serves its original purpose as a place for a boating group (The West Side Rowing Club nowadays), but it also holds weddings and tours, of which there is more information on its website. It's a hidden gem in the shadows of other Wright-designed buildings in Buffalo, like the Darwin D. Martin House.  ( 13 min )

Secret Obsessions is Atlas Obscura’s new column where we ask wondrous people to take us down a rabbit hole. This edition features the drummer of the British band Blur, Dave Rowntree, as told to Associate Editor Sarah Durn. I got my first telescope for Christmas when I was nine or 10. Growing up, I would spend hours and hours out in the back garden, staring up at the stars and planets in the shadow of our very conventional two-up, two-down, semi-detached house in Colchester, some 50 miles northeast of London. I would stick it out for as long as I could, until I got so cold that I had to come in. Ever since I've always had a telescope. As I got older, I still carried on looking through telescopes, but the band started taking off in the 1990s, so that took up most of my time. Once I wa…  ( 24 min )

Tenugui is a sort of traditional Japanese towel, literally meaning “hand wiper,” but often used for other purposes than simply wiping one’s hands. Historically, it was an all-purpose piece of cloth; some wore it as a scarf, some wrapped bento boxes with it, while it was also used in place of a belt, bandage, apron, and diaper. One of Japan’s oldest continuously running businesses, Eirakuya was originally established in 1615 by fabric merchant Hosotsuji Ihe’e, a favorite of Oda Nobunaga—one of the most illustrious figures in Japanese history. The shop’s name derives from Eiraku Tsūhō, a Ming dynasty coin that widely circulated back then, so common that Nobunaga adopted it as one of his crests. Men of the Hosotsuji clan also wore the coin crest to show their loyalty to the samurai warlord…  ( 14 min )

Hiding on one of the many picturesque streets of Tallinn's Old Town, this small, non-profit museum boasts a sneaky collection of the most famous banned books from around the world. Each exhibit is presented together with an explanation of why this certain publication has caught the eye of the censors, with the more controversial examples, like The Anarchist Cookbook, stored under the counter and produced on demand. The owner of the museum is a clear connoisseur of the banned and a passionate freedom of speech advocate, who will happily chat you through the many stories behind the books. And if you are feeling extra mischievous, you can even purchase a banned book to take home in the museum shop—or just a pair of very cool socks with a museum logo. The museum is open to donations too, if you happen to have a banned book on hand.  ( 12 min )

Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, who would later come to be known by the name of Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (Sor Juana for short), was a 17th-century writer who made an impact not only on the literature but also the religious establishment and feminism of New Spain, now Mexico. At the time, religious women were practically the only ones allowed to receive an education, so she joined a nunnery in her mid-teens in 1667. Two years later she would enter Mexico City's Convento de San Jerónimo, where she remained cloistered until her death in 1695. From this convent, she wrote a large number of poems and philosophical treatises, many of which advocated for women's rights, which was a rarity at the time, especially for someone embedded in the patriarchy of Catholicism. Sor Juana's impact continues to be felt to this day, and her habit-clad face has appeared on Mexican banknotes since the 1970s. A take on this same portrait is found in the Porrúa bookstore in the city's historic center. Librería Porrúa was established in 1900 by the three Porrúa brothers who immigrated from Spain. Their flagship bookstore, where this mosaic is located, was opened in 1910; although the building dates to the 18th century. Their 1914 Mexican poetry compilation is considered the first modern book entirely edited and printed in the country. Combining the heritages of Sor Juana (who was considered Criolla, or entirely of European descent) and the Porrúa Brothers, this mosaic can be seen as a tribute not only to literature in Mexico, but also to Spanish-Mexican culture. Unveiled on November 12, 2020, the mural sits on shelves 4.8 meters tall and 3.6 meters wide, and is made out of books and artists' charcoal. The date choice was not coincidental, as this was the 372nd anniversary of Sor Juana's birth. November 12 was also chosen as Mexico's National Book Day in 1980, again in honor of Sor Juana's importance, making this tribute doubly significant.  ( 13 min )

Sometimes referred to as the Oratorio dei Morti di Peste del 1630, this chapel was erected in memory of those that died of plague in the year 1630.  The history of this church goes back to the year 1044, when a deed was drawn mentioning a church dedicated to San Lorenzo, which indicated that this church was one of the oldest in existence at the time. Unfortunately, the original structure was destroyed to make place for a new fortification during the 16th century. While the old one was being destroyed, a new one was being constructed. Completed by the end of the 16th century, the new church of San Lorenzo alla Boccola is the very same structure that has survived to this day. History, however, took a sharp turn during the next century. An outbreak of plague that had spread throughout Europe finally reached Italy and, between 1629 and 1631, this pestilence claimed at least 280,000 lives—with some estimates putting the figure to 1 million. In memory of those that died of plague, the Oratorio dei Morti was built next to the church of San Lorenzo alla Boccola. Above the door, it is believed that a semi-circular lintel used to frame a fresco by Vincenzo Bonomini. However, by the beginning of the 20th century, all that was left of this artwork were faint blotches, and it was decided that a new fresco should replace it. A young artist by the name of Emilio Nembrini undertook this mission, and the new fresco was unveiled in 1936. The new monochromatic fresco is dominated by two main figures, Death and the dead, which are standing on each side of a slate that bears the following text: “resting here from the church move the bones of our brothers pray to their souls solace light and peace.” Although punctuation is not present, the meaning is quite straightforward.  To complete this somber composition are leaves, wreaths, skulls, and reclining pillars.  ( 13 min )

Borden's Condensed Milk Factory was built in 1884 on 1,500 acres and employed hundreds of workers who also lived on the grounds. With a railroad running through the back (now a rail trail through neighboring towns), it supplied condensed milk to New York City and surrounding areas. The condensary was designed to process the milk of some 5,000 cows from nearby farms. Today, Borden Dairy continues to bring goods to our grocery stores, most noticeable by their mascot "Elsie" the cow.  ( 12 min )

Many professions have stereotypical dresses that make them instantly recognizable. Doctors have a lab coat and a stethoscope, fireman have a yellow hard hat, and so on. However, many of these stereotypes change over time, to the point where the old ones are no longer recognizable. The wizard-like robes and pointy hat of the astronomer is one such getup.  The Sternenwächter, or the Astronomer, is a statue that was built by Christine Gersch in 2005 on a small square in Berlin that was named after the 18th-century astronomer Caroline Herschel. She is known for her many discoveries, star catalogs, and for being the first female scientist to get a salary for her work. (She and her brother William's former home in England is now the Herschel Museum of Astronomy.) The statue represents an old depiction of an astronomer, who walks around with blue robes and a pointy hat.  ( 12 min )

The Brooks Aqueduct was built between 1912 and 1914 as part of an irrigation system to provide water to the arid farmlands of southeastern Alberta. At the time of its completion, it was the world's longest elevated concrete structure when completed. The main section of the aqueduct spans a 3.2-kilometer valley at an average elevation of 20 meters. Though the aqueduct is no longer functional, it has been preserved as a historic site.  ( 12 min )

Just outside of Iceland Aviation Academy stands this jet fighter that belongs to the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, also known as "The Black Knights of Keflavik." This squadron was stationed at Naval Air Station Keflavik and was inactivated on March 1, 1995. The airfield was originally named Meeks Field, assumed a civilian role, and is currently Keflavik International Airport. This tandem two-seat, twin-engine long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter was built McDonnel Aircraft for the United States Navy. The craft was once the most-produced American supersonic aircraft in history. It was widely used in the Vietnam War and also played a major role in the Cold War.  ( 12 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we ask how much you can learn about a person from their hands. Hear the story of a doctor who made it possible for us to hold on to the stories of presidents, astronauts, musicians, artists, and more … through bronze molds of their hands. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 14 min )

Always enjoy listening to Russell Martin talk about the game. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671589423438340110#m

"When asked which was more important in choosing a nominee for president, a candidate who stands 'on conservative principles' or one who had 'the best chance to beat Joe Biden,' only 35% chose defeating Biden." @amyewalter on why 2024 isn't like 2016: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…

Republicans in Washington are rallying behind Army veteran Sam Brown in #NVSen. But strategists in Silver State are not quite convinced. cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…

Republicans believe the right #IN01 candidate could unseat Rep. Frank J. Mrvan in 2024. Plus, we take a look at where the races stand in Indiana's two open House seats: #IN03 and #IN05. @Redistrict's latest: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…

Independents "are concerned about Biden’s age (he turns 82 shortly after the 2024 election), his physical health, and cognitive abilities—not just right now but about where it might be in five years." @CharlieCookDC on what's motivating independents: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…

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What it is, where it comes from, and how to use it.  ( 12 min )

Here’s why we seriously advise against bamboo cutting boards—and what to buy instead (with tested recommendations).  ( 14 min )

Aftering testing eight bench scrapers, we named the model from OXO our top pick.  ( 11 min )

Without a zone of uncertainty plus other troubling features, generative #AI is poised to amplify bias and falsehoods, distort human perception science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… @ScienceMagazine @celestekidd @KiddLab and @Abebab @tctdublin @mozilla

Check out our new study in @sciencemagazine. We show that NAC controls N-terminal methionine excision by MetAP1 in eukaryotes. Our results suggest a broader mechanism for how access of protein biogenesis factors to the translating ribosome is controlled. bit.ly/42SU6nN

That's in addition to the opinions expected tomorrow at 10 am. nitter.net/AHoweBlogger/status/1671971279463653377#m

#SCOTUS calendar indicates that the Court will release opinions again on Tuesday, June 27. The justices have 14 cases left to decide: amylhowe.com/2023/06/22/afte…

Yes, Jones v. Hendrix, decided today, in which #SCOTUS appointed a lawyer to defend the 8th Circuit's reasoning when the federal govt declined to do so. nitter.net/tazinbays/status/1671921858751479822#m

Brian Goldman explored this very issue in some detail in the Stanford Law Review: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… nitter.net/profsteed/status/1671919454165385246#m

As much fun as it is to discuss about box counts, R numbers, and the like on #SCOTUS opinion days, this seems like a much more reasonable process. Oh, and they live stream the opinion announcements too! nitter.net/AppellateDaily/status/1671868839272005632#m

The massive search for a missing submersible was a stark contrast to the treatment of a ship packed with people fleeing conflict

Stanford University researchers found high levels of the carcinogen benzene in California and Colorado homes that used gas stoves

Astrophysicist Farhad Yusef-Zadeh has spent decades peering into the center of the Milky Way galaxy, discovering hundreds of enigmatic filaments in the process

Astrophysicist Farhad Yusef-Zadeh has spent decades peering into the center of the Milky Way galaxy, discovering hundreds of enigmatic filaments in the process

The drug metformin cut long COVID risk by 41 percent in both people who were overweight and those with obesity. But treatments remain elusive

With the Titan vessel's fate yet to be determined, an expert explains the safety features that should be onboard such a submersible

A 1943 paper highlighted a “Donald T”—Case 1 of 11 children with “autistic disturbances of affective contact”

The discovery that life on Earth looks a lot like information propagating itself offers new clues, and new directions, to the hunt for life elsewhere

Nearly 100 years ago a young astronomer named Cecilia Payne changed the way we see the stars in the sky because she was able to look into their burning heart and see something no one else ever had

Physicists knew black holes eventually disappear particle by particle. Now they think everything else does, too

Our sense of time can expand or contract with the rhythm of each heartbeat

Bits & Bobs were found in an abyssal trench known as "The Cretin's Cunt", inhospitable to human life, lowering odds of survival to about 50%

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Summer heat is here, and you're dripping with sweat. Now science has discovered the fastest cool-down technique--you hold the secret in the palms of your hands. @tanyalewis314 and I tell you how to do it in the new Your Health Quickly podcast from @sciam. scientificamerican.com/podca…

Six teams conducting research in AI, data science, and machine learning receive funding for projects that have potential commercial applications.  ( 9 min )

Plus: damage from Coon Rapids house explosion; Native leaders want more engagement in DOJ findings; Alexandria lakes to get boat channel upgrade; and more.  ( 7 min )

During our summer fundraiser, we're reflecting on what's special about Minnesota: access to news.  ( 6 min )

In some ways, the busy weekend isn’t all that different from the Super Bowls and the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four three times since 1992.  ( 12 min )

For the citizens of Minneapolis and for many Muslims across the United States, a change to the city's sound ordinance represents a historic moment.  ( 17 min )

Plus: Blaine to unveil mural created by artists with disabilities; Sharon Bridgforth's work at Pillsbury House; Tia Keobounpheng new exhibit at Mia; and more.  ( 18 min )

No. During the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Minnesota bars cannot sell alcohol 24 hours a day but are allowed to do so “30 minutes before, during, and 30 minutes after a scheduled broadcast of a live World Cup match.”  ( 9 min )

Yes. The Department of Justice estimates the Minneapolis Police Department stopped Black people 6.5 times and Native Americans 7.9 times more than white people from 2016 to 2022.  ( 7 min )

Plus: Names released in fatal plane crash; air quality worsens again; haunted attraction coming to Mall of America; and more.  ( 9 min )

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Did Neanderthal produce a bone industry? The recent discovery of a large bone tool assemblage at the Neanderthal site of Chagyrskaya (Altai, Siberia, Russia) and the increasing discoveries of isolated finds of bone tools in various Mousterian sites across Eurasia stimulate the debate. Assuming that the isolate finds may be the tip of the iceberg […] The post Neanderthal bone markets in everything? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to RAD. For example, I learned that historically ... by Wreck-diver In reply to ohwilleke. It would alter our understanding of ... by Well, actually In reply to RAD. Every word of this comment is insightful and ... by Agreed In reply to Depends on what you mean by “trade”. It's ... by Exactly In reply to Zach. You're assuming that the concept of ... by Not So Fast Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )

1. Zurich and Winterthur move to a $26.70 minimum wage (in German).  Is that higher than the average wage in Germany? 2. Much more transmission capacity is needed. 3. China claim of the day: “Wow ByteDance buying $1Bn of NVIDIA AI chips in first half of this year is a lot … that’s 100K chips. […] The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to RAD. Pumped hydro is a pipe dream. America does ... by Hopaulius In reply to EdR. You've used the environmentalist n-word, the ... by Hopaulius In reply to Floccina. Subject: Summer Internship Programme ... by TExas In reply to kailer. It would be ironic if we built offshore ... by EdR In reply to RAD. Have not looked in detail, but I think the ... by Engineer Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )

the hockey stick for China's global exports of finished cars. the suddenness of China's emergence is striking there is a new China shock in the making (tho more for the EU than the US) pic.twitter.com/itEV67xJQR — Brad Setser (@Brad_Setser) June 19, 2023 The post China (Germany) fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to sxb. A standard wall socket (120V/15A) can add ... by PHinton In reply to sxb. Please stop writing about European housing ... by Please Stop In reply to I always enjoy the market cap argument. “I ... by JWatts Oh my God do none of the Americans here have any idea how their ... by Jim Carruthers In reply to Lord Action. Seriously, it would be consistent ... by Lord Action Plus 10 more... Related Stories Will Kenya take the lead in carbon removal? UK NHS fact of the day The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019  ( 6 min )

The U.S. college wage premium doubles over the life cycle, from 27 percent at age 25 to 60 percent at age 55. Using a panel survey of workers followed through age 60, I show that growth in the college wage premium is primarily explained by occupational sorting. Shortly after graduating, workers with college degrees shift […] The post Why do wages grow faster for educated workers? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to DrDavid. He would insist that we not conflate ... by TGGP In reply to BK. “Economic arguments about education often ... by TGGP In reply to Sure. I have yet to meet a resident who cannot ... by Sure In reply to Anon. Within the same law firm at least, a ... by Dufflepud In reply to BK. BK 1. “the majority of the human capital ... by EdR Plus 10 more... Related Stories High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota Update on the War on Poverty Nobels for practitioners of economics?  ( 7 min )

Also lawyers get paid, shadow trading, private equity recruiting, AI in ESG and Twitter pays its bills.  ( 2 min )

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The R Consortium is sponsoring the New York R Conference, presented by Lander Analytics! This in-person and virtual conference will be running from July 13-14, with workshops (tickets sold separately)... Continue reading: Coming in July! 🔥 We Have a 20% off Promo Code – Data Scientists & Data Professionals at New York R Conference  ( 9 min )

Linear mixed-effects models (LMM) offer a consistent way of performing regression and analysis of variance tests which allows accounting for non-independence in the data. Over the past decades, LMMs have subsumed most of the General Linear Model, with a steady increase in popularity (Meteyard & Davies, 2020). Since their conception, LMMs have ... Continue reading: A new function to plot convergence diagnostics from lme4::allFit()  ( 51 min )

Introduction Continue reading: Mastering Repetition with R’s rep() Function: A Programmer’s Guide  ( 10 min )

Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. rOpenSci HQ Meeting the stars of the R-universe: PEcAn, an Open Source Project ... Continue reading: rOpenSci News Digest, June 2023  ( 20 min )

John Protzko, Jon Krosnick, Leif Nelson, Brian Nosek, Jordan Axt, Matthew Berent, Nick Buttrick, Matthew DeBell, Charles Ebersole, Sebastian Lundmark, Bo MacInnis, Michael O’Donnell, Hannah Perfecto, James Pustejovsky, Scott Roeder, Jan Walleczek, and Jonathan Schooler write: Failures to replicate evidence … Continue reading →  ( 19 min )

[This is a guest post by Mark Cohen] I am wondering if members of this group have had experience with translating the Chinese serial comma or dùnhào 顿号  [、] ("the caesura sign; a slight-pause mark used to set off items in a series; punctuation mark used between parallel words or short phrases; sign of coordination; […]  ( 10 min )

Smooth shadow generator [sachaa] I like it! 😎  ( 1 min )

Earlier this year, a financial advisor published a paper purporting to find that his colleagues who had pursued accreditation as “Certified Financial Planners” (CFPs) were more likely to engage in misconduct.  What the paper didn’t mention: That he had sued the CFP Board, the organization that offered that certification, and given up his own CFP … Continue reading Financial advisor failed to disclose he had sued the organization his paper criticized  ( 11 min )

A piece on the massive shift in punditry over the last couple of years, away from analysis & towards ex-players being asked to act like fans. (Believe it or not, this was largely written before the "How are the nerves now, Joleon?" Champions League final) theathletic.com/4600507/2023…

In May, hundreds of AI industry insiders signed onto a statement that warned of a societal-scale risk of extinction from AI. Almost certainly, the warning was motivated not just by technical concerns but by deeper social and — yes — market forces, argues law professor and AI specialist Ryan Calo.  ( 12 min )

Minor operation in hospital yesterday, but I should go home today. Similar to Andrey Arshavin, “I heal like dog” 😂

I wrote this piece after an early-career friend of mine asked some very good questions on how to be useful. Since this is a thing I struggle a bit with myself, I thought it worthwhile to write up my thoughts. Note that I fully understand that not everyone has the luxury to think about their career like this – you first have to take care of yourself and family before you can start fretting about if your working life is saving the world!  ( 14 min )

Last month I was at WashU campus for the Bayesian-for-nuclear-physics workshop. Today I am in WashU again: This time it is for StanCon 2023. Here is some of the random takeaway I obtain from the conference:  ( 4 min )

If you use ChatGPT, you are still a writer: it may even be essential to unleash more great writers  ( 14 min )

The possibility of writing on topics I’m not familiar with is not only a challenge, but also helps nullify repetitiveness Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 18 min )

Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )

And why it’s important to try new things as a writer from time to time Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 15 min )

Real average hourly earnings up 0.2 percent for year ending May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/real-a… #BLSdata

Real average hourly earnings up 0.2 percent for year ending May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/real-a… #BLSdata

See our interactive graphics on today’s new #BLSdata on state job openings and labor turnover bls.gov/charts/state-job-ope… #DataViz #JOLTS

April job openings rates up in 13 states, down in 2; layoffs and discharges down in 10 bls.gov/news.release/jltst.n… #JOLTS #BLSdata

Just south of the Trans-Canada Highway and overlooking the Blackfoot buffalo jump is the Saamis Teepee. Designed for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary as a symbol of Canada's Aboriginal heritage, it was moved to Medicine Hat in 1991. It stands over 20 stories high and was designed to withstand extreme temperatures and winds. During a January 2007 windstorm, a portion of the teepee was damaged. Upon further inspection, it was discovered that extensive weathering was partially to blame. After repairs were complete, the Saamis Teepee now stands approximately 15 feet (four meters) shorter.  ( 12 min )

The Hermitage of Montespecchio, dedicated to Mary, was built in 1192 by monks of St. Augustine’s Order. The hermitage has unusual characteristics because of its walls of pink and black marble.  ( 12 min )

Henry "Box" Brown was an abolitionist born into slavery during the early 19th century. After his wife and children were sold away to a North Carolina plantation in 1848, Brown sought to free himself from his bondage. Armed with only some water and a manual drill, he squeezed into a three-foot-long, two-foot-tall shipping box with only three air holes. He endured a 27-hour trip via wagon and steamer until he arrived safely in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. Brown would go on to travel throughout New England to speak of the evils of enslavement.  Along the Richmond Canal walk rests a steel reproduction of Henry's box, memorializing the stories of those who sought freedom from Richmond's slavery.  ( 12 min )

Once a medieval castle fit for a king with a bustling village community, today the site of Bagot's Castle lies at the bottom of a hill, nestled between the A46 and Coventry Airport. The castle is somewhat mysterious, with little suggesting why it was built at the bottom of a hill or what it looked like, while the medieval village lies undisturbed beneath a field where a rare breed of goat calls home. In the Second World War, the Alvis Company built a tank testing track on the site running parallel to the River Sowe. Bagot's Castle is also home to a number of Bagot goats, one of the oldest known breeds of goat in Britain. These small black-and-white goats have been roaming the hills of this area for more than 600 years.  ( 12 min )

Famous Polish composer and politician Ignacy Paderewski died unexpectedly in New York City in 1941. He had wanted to be buried either next to his wife in Paris, or in Poland, but at the time both were occupied by the Nazis. President Franklin Roosevelt had Paderewski's body interred inside the USS Maine Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery "until Poland is free." The war ended, but Poland still wasn't free; it was occupied by the USSR. Paris was free, but apparently, that destination wasn't appealing to the custodians of Paderewski's corpse. It stayed in Arlington until after the Berlin Wall fell in 1991, when it was finally returned to Poland. Paderewski's ashes were interred in a crypt at St. John's Archcathedral in Warsaw. But his heart stayed behind. He loved the United States so much that it was decided that his heart should remain here. It was extracted from his corpse and placed inside a bronze version of his head, which was then relocated to the Our Lady of Czestochowa Cemetery in predominantly Polish-American Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It's been there ever since.  ( 12 min )

As visitors travel down Reading Boulevard in Reading, Pennsylvania they will find a decades-old monument created and designed by a local resident.   Behind the monument is one of the nation’s busiest train tracks. The monument provides loads of questions and no answers. One can only assume that the adoration the creator had for Roosevelt drove them to design and fund this unique monument.  ( 12 min )

Cerveno is a tiny rural village located in Valcamonica that dates back at least to the 14th century. The first mention of Cerveno was in a medieval treaty stating that this village sided with the Ghibellines. Although the fortunes of this village waxed and waned through the centuries, the one thing that remained constant was its vineyards. A network of narrow roads snakes through the estates surrounding Cerveno. Some estates consist of vineyards and other crops, while others are completely covered with vineyard lines. Unsurprisingly, the art of wine-making is an integral part of the village’s identity. Approaching Cerveno from the north, there is a gigantic horizontal lever press (Torchio a Leva Orizzontale) nestled between the vineyard and some ancient buildings. This is a working press…  ( 13 min )

Transporter bridges are rather unusual bridges. They don't have an elevated road or walkway crossing over a river, chasm, or any other obstacle. Instead, transporter bridges use a moving platform suspended under a boom to transfer people, vehicles, or other things from one end of the bridge to the other. They are usually built in locations where a normal bridge may not be functional for various reasons. For example, a drawbridge may not be practical in some locations with ship traffic, or if not enough space is available on either side of a riverbank for approach ramps leading to a standard road bridge, a transporter bridge might be a more practical alternative. Transporter bridges are also relatively rare. The United Kingdom currently has only three transporter bridges designed to carry vehicles, and the Warrington Transporter Bridge is one of them. The bridge was constructed in 1916 to connect two different parts of the chemical and soap plant operated by Joseph Crosfield & Sons. (This bridge was actually the second one built in Warrington over the River Mersey; the first bridge was built in 1905 but was later demolished in the 1960s.) The steel bridge, which spans a section of the river that is 61 meters wide, has a height of 23 meters and a total length of 103 meters. The bridge was originally used to transport railway vehicles from one side of the river to the other but was later modified in the 1940s to transport road vehicles. The bridge ceased to be used in 1964. It became a listed structure in 1975, which protected the bridge from demolition, but the bridge has been slowly decaying since. However, the people of Warrington are very proud of their bridge, and a group named the Friends of Warrington Transporter Bridge (FoWTB) formed in 2015 to raise awareness about the bridge as well as to work with Warrington Borough Council to try to restore the structure. The Warrington Transporter Bridge may still be non-functional, but it has become one of the defining symbols of Warrington.  ( 14 min )

While traveling to Big Round Top via South Confederate Avenue, one drives (or walks) across Plum Run on an unassuming stone bridge and passes by evidence of the wildlife that once roamed here. Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their mark. Located on the bridge are three dinosaur footprints. On one side is the print of Anchisauripus sillimani, a two-legged lion-sized meat eater. On the other are the prints of a dog-sized plant eater, Atreipus milfordensi. The bridge was made in 1938 from sandstone or siltstone taken from the Trostle Quarry in Adams County, Pennsylvania. There is nothing to indicate they are there so enjoy hunting for dinosaur tracks!  ( 12 min )

In the 1970s, Italian cinema saw a cultural renaissance with the debut of its beloved comic duo: Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, who starred together in a total of 18 films. Born Mario Girotti and Carlo Pedersoli, respectively, Hill and Spencer had a breakout in the 1967 film God Forgives…I Don’t, the first installment of a trilogy followed by Ace High and Boot Hill. While it was a typical Spaghetti Western, violent and picaresque, the duo rose to their stardom in a comedic take on the genre: They Call Me Trinity (1970). A cult classic, Trinity received a commercially successful sequel in 1971 and its theme song was used in the ending scene of Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 film Django Unchained. The duo’s characteristics were defined and solidified in Trinity, with Hill as an agile (but often…  ( 13 min )

Towards the back of the biodiversity hall at the Australian Museum is a rare taxidermy specimen of an adult female thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus). With her golden fur and iconic rear stripes she stands tall beside a small, damaged pelvis of a dodo bird in an extinction display. This individual specimen was registered by the Australian Museum in 1902, 34 years before the last known individual thylacine died in captivity at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. Upon close inspection, the taxidermist's stitching is visible along the marsupial's stomach and tail. These marks were made over 120 years ago. Thylacines were once found across mainland Australia and New Guinea, but evidence suggests that its range was restricted to Tasmania around 2,000 years ago. Considered a pest by European settlers, thylacines were falsely believed to kill livestock. From 1888-1909,  a government bounty led to their depletion in the wild. As the species became rare, specimens became valued by zoos, museums, and private collectors. According to the International Thylacine Specimen Database, over 750 individuals are in collections spread across 23 countries. From around 1999-2005, the Australian Museum was involved with a thylacine cloning project and scientists extracted thylacine DNA from preserved specimens in its collection. Although the Museum no longer participates in this project, it is an active area of research in Australia.  ( 12 min )

The Decatur Waterworks was originally built in 1907 and supplied water to the city of Decatur until the 1940s, but had been utilized as a public park since the 1930s, when many amenities like benches, grills, and a stone bridge that crosses over Burnt Fork Creek were added. This same bridge is now part of the trail that connects Medlock Park and Mason Mill Park. By 1939, the waterworks contained two storage tanks, an office building, two aeration and solid removal tanks, and two dams, one on Burnt Fork Creek and the other on South Peachtree Creek. By 1941 the city had outgrown the water capacity of the waterworks, so the property was leased out to Dekalb County. Dekalb continued to operate the facility and sold water to Decatur. Using the revenue from this venture, they funded a county-wide water treatment plant in Dunwoody, which is currently called the Scott Candler Plant. The waterworks supplied the Naval Air Station (now Peachtree Dekalb Airport) during World War II. During this time absolutely no recreational use was allowed. When the war ended the waterworks was given back to the city of Decatur and acted as a backup for their new system. While the waterworks were in use, the park was not being maintained or publicly used. By the early 1950s, the waterworks fell into a state of disrepair due to lack of use. Residents of nearby neighborhoods in the mid-1960s complained of flooding, and in response both dams were broken and the reservoirs were destroyed. The Decatur Waterworks was declared a historic site in 2006 and shortly after this, the construction of a trail began in 2008. This trail has received funding from the PATH Foundation and has since been completed.  ( 13 min )

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we sit down with podcaster Ashley Ray, who has more than a soft spot for her Midwest hometown. Hear why she thinks it may just be the best kept secret. Ashley has her own podcast all about TV and culture. Check it out here. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 12 min )

Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). Throughout the summer, she’ll be sharing the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. It is getting hotter. The days are still lengthening. The sun beats down from its highest point, heralding the long hot afternoons of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Our star will crest at its northernmost point in the sky on the 21st, and will appear to “stand still” before moving back to the south over the coming days and weeks. This standstill is the northern summer solstice, the official start of summer, and a day for cooking on a grill, si…  ( 18 min )

A South Carolina stew in a deeply flavored, light-bodied sauce. seriouseats.com/lowcountry-s…

This foolproof all-butter pie dough recipe uses a food processor to make a dough that's easy to work with and bakes up beautifully, every time. seriouseats.com/easy-pie-dou…

For a twist on the classic, this version of traditional Greek spanakopita uses an assortment of greens and tender herbs in addition to spinach. seriouseats.com/spanakopita-…

A simple crepe batter that'll allow you to whip up French crepes for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. seriouseats.com/basic-crepes…

Seasoning and maintaining a cast iron pan is much simpler than you might imagine. seriouseats.com/how-to-seaso…

A deeply comforting, one-pot meal of chicken and rice, this recipe from Minas Gerais is chock full of peas, carrots, and plenty of garlic and onion. seriouseats.com/galinhada-mi…

Most salmon burgers fail to deliver on their promise, but not these. seriouseats.com/salmon-burge…

These crispy hand pies are a must for any mezze spread. seriouseats.com/borek-518522…

Tender, well-marbled steak, sautéed onions, and melty provolone cheese served in a soft but sturdy hoagie roll define this classic Philly sandwich. seriouseats.com/philly-chees…

This aromatic cheesecake can be made with any type of citrus, but it's hard to beat the tart, refreshing flavor of lemon. seriouseats.com/lemon-ricott…

Nature research paper: Quantum-limited optical time transfer for future geosynchronous links go.nature.com/44dngPo

Nature research paper: Structure and function of the RAD51B–RAD51C–RAD51D–XRCC2 tumour suppressor go.nature.com/3qWHqiB

A CRISPR-based method makes T cells that thwart teens’ cancer go.nature.com/42SLMEF

Research briefing: Uncovering a role for B cells in antitumour immunity go.nature.com/3Px0yO6

Nature research paper: Origin and evolutionary malleability of T cell receptor α diversity go.nature.com/46ht8Jj

“Islands are a global #conservation priority,” says Alex Wegmann, director @nature_org's Palmyra programme. "The soil microbiome is one of the last frontiers that we absolutely should explore to be able to effectively restore these systems” @Nature nature.com/immersive/d41586-…

Time signals have been transmitted across 300 kilometres with an accuracy and precision limited only by the quantum nature of photons go.nature.com/3Jpfv19

An elusive member of the gut microbiota can reduce cholesterol synthesis in the intestine go.nature.com/3p6XQo4

Open-source AI chatbots are booming — what does this mean for researchers? go.nature.com/3Poetq2

Nature research paper: Y chromosome loss in cancer drives growth by evasion of adaptive immunity go.nature.com/46iUGhu

Nature research paper: Structural insights into BCDX2 complex function in homologous recombination go.nature.com/3PljrUb

Nature research paper: X-ray polarization evidence for a 200-year-old flare of Sgr A* go.nature.com/3CDDE0b

Nature research paper: Histone demethylase KDM5D upregulation drives sex differences in colon cancer go.nature.com/447XDQc

The Y chromosome could explain why men are less likely than women to survive some cancers, according to studies that combine data from mice and humans go.nature.com/3NGiaWA

Researchers ventured to the world’s most remote island to study how fungi in soils could help to revive damaged ecosystems go.nature.com/3PFMJNN

How do you measure something such as kindness, teamwork or quality of mentorship? UK researchers now have an opportunity to say what they think. go.nature.com/42VE2BI

It was a routine stop that turned out to be anything but routine. The vehicle in question opened up a trail of criminal connections and misdirection. This was no ordinary plot — and the culprit was no ordinary criminal mastermind… #scifi by @ronfein nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Disputes over how to finance conservation of the world’s plants and animals have resurfaced between countries — threatening their ability to meet goals laid out in a historic plan signed late last year go.nature.com/3XeyXmZ

The number of countries, regions, cities and companies worldwide that have set targets to reach net-zero emissions has increased significantly over the past two years, but the strategies needed to meet those pledges are lacking go.nature.com/3CFpJ9N

Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable trib.al/UHHLbnk

Researchers are discovering freshwater reservoirs below the coastal seafloor that might someday save dry regions from drought trib.al/8IZdl9M

Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual trib.al/F6pV5Df

Scientists have used quantum technology to track individual particles of light as they begin the process of photosynthesis trib.al/cxN0PAJ

New work suggests four distinct star system types—and finds our own in the rarest category trib.al/IsGNJx3

Reviews: A new history of the deep ocean, seeking truth through math, a space opera about self-identity, and more new science books. scientificamerican.com/artic…

Human depletion of groundwater has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more than four centimeters per year trib.al/FVC9rJz  ( 1 min )

This SAT math problem was so tricky that everybody got it wrong — including the people who wrote the math problem scientificamerican.com/artic… by @JackPMurtagh on @sciam  ( 1 min )

🎧 June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. On this episode of Science, Quickly, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. bit.ly/3qZOHhi

Genetic susceptibilities, the environment and the body's response to inflammation all influence our odds of falling ill trib.al/UIQJadc

A new pill could be the first to help the more than 14 million people in the U.S. who struggle to control their marijuana use trib.al/QpRGEew

A tourist submersible lost communications while diving to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912 trib.al/XN6Eqyk

The coin rotation paradox flummoxed SAT test writers even though we encounter this math problem every day trib.al/9DSrg6y

A more theoretical Day #2 of the workshop, with Debdeep Pati comparing two representations of Gaussian processes with significantly different efficiencies, and Aad van der Vaart presenting a form of linearisation for a range of inverse problems, Kolyan Ray debiasing Lasso impacts by variational Bayes, although through a somewhat intricate process that distanced the procedure […]  ( 7 min )

A more theoretical Day #2 of the workshop, with Debdeep Pati comparing two representations of Gaussian processes with significantly different efficiencies, and Aad van der Vaart presenting a form of linearisation for a range of inverse problems, Kolyan Ray debiasing Lasso impacts by variational Bayes, although through a somewhat intricate process that distanced the procedure […]  ( 7 min )

If the missing Titan submersible were near the Titanic, it would experience pressure higher than that of a great white shark bite

Many generic drugs for cancer and ADHD, blood thinners and antibiotics are in short supply, in part because there is little profit in making them

Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual

Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it

Statistics show that, despite some progress toward smoking cessation, tobacco continues to place an extraordinarily heavy burden on global health

The January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano generated a thunderstorm with more than 192,000 lightning flashes, including 2,600 flashes per minute at its peak

El Niño has arrived, bringing potentially major effects on weather around the world, such as drought and flooding, and possibly setting a new record for the hottest year

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that TRAPPIST-1 c, the second world in a seven-planet system, lacks an atmosphere

Outrage, not hope, will move us to prevent gun violence

Human depletion of groundwater has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more than four centimeters per year

Genetic susceptibilities, the environment and the body’s response to inflammation all influence our odds of falling ill

A new pill could be the first to help the more than 14 million people in the U.S. who struggle to control their marijuana use

Proposals for @NeurIPSConf tutorials are due today AOE! neurips.cc/Conferences/2023/…

Scientists are learning how to cryopreserve living tissues, organs, and even whole organisms, then bring them back to life. #LongReads scim.ag/35u

By tapping into existing air quality monitoring sensors, researchers have discovered a cheap way to census nearby species. scim.ag/35o

Data sleuths say they have found evidence of possible research fraud by Francesca Gino in several studies—including an already-retracted paper about dishonesty. scim.ag/35i

In 2015, the Islamic State group razed the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud. scim.ag/35f

Evidence from the Hikurangi subduction zone in New Zealand now suggests “slow slip” earthquakes often depend on seamounts, the underwater volcanoes that stud the sea floor in large numbers. scim.ag/357

Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #WorldGiraffeDay scim.ag/352

The discovery may explain how the widespread soil-dwelling microorganisms, which otherwise rely on an exhausting wriggle to move, ended up around the world today. scim.ag/351

A new survey shows few societies are pulling out of U.S. states affected by abortion bans and anti-LGBTQ+ laws, but many are implementing safety measures for their members. scim.ag/34W

Breaking news: Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was once hailed as a pioneer of stem cell medicine, was found guilty of gross assault against three of his patients today and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by an appeals court in Stockholm. scim.ag/34Q

This 4.3-centimeter piece of carved graphite may be the earliest known phallic art. scim.ag/34O

“The very way the planet wobbles is impacted by our activities.” scim.ag/34M

When U.K. universities next submit evidence of their performance to national research funders to help determine their share of £2 billion in annual government higher education funding, the rubric will look noticeably different from the past. scim.ag/34K